AQW 12651/22-27
Mr Nick Mathison
Alliance Party
Strangford
Tabled Date: 29/05/2024
Answered On Date: 31/05/2024
Priority Written: Yes
Question:
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 12455/22-27, to detail all inescapable pressure bids he made to the Minister of Finance ahead of the Budget 2024-25.
Answer:
My Department included the following inescapable pressures in its bids to the Minister of Finance ahead of Budget 2024-25 considerations. Inescapable Bids | £m | Block Grant – SEN | 132.02 | ASB | 324.52 | Block Grant - Non SEN | 110.98 | EA Pay and Grading review | 171.00 | Maintenance (including Special Schools, RaAC Surveys & Wall Ties issues) | 31.13 | EA Youth | 2.54 | Departmental | 3.62 | Pre-School Education Programme – Non-statutory providers | 1.03 | Shared Education – Mainstreaming Shared Education Pupil Engagement | 0.40 |
The Minister of Finance was subsequently advised that the estimate for the EA Pay and Grading had increased to c£180m.
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