AQW 15815/22-27

Mrs Michelle Guy
Alliance Party
Lagan Valley

Tabled Date: 26/09/2024
Answered On Date: 03/10/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the amount of funding provided in 2024 to further education colleges to provide classes in English for people seeking asylum who speak another language.

Answer:

For the 2024/2025 financial year, the Department for the Economy has provided £1.7m funding for the provision of English for Speakers of Other Languages to Further Education colleges as part of their overall 2024/2025 resource budget allocation. However, it is not possible to determine how much of this funding is specifically allocated to deliver classes to people seeking asylum who speak another language as the Department does not hold this information.