AQW 17330/22-27

Ms Kate Nicholl
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 24/10/2024
Answered On Date: 31/10/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail any additional support he can provide to further education colleges to deliver additional English for speakers of other languages courses.

Answer:

My Department currently provides £1.7 million per annum to the Further Education colleges for the provision of English for Speakers of Other Languages.

£0.4 million additional support to this annualised provision has been allocated to Further Education colleges within this financial year through successful bids made by my Department to the Home Office and Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government under the Full Dispersal Fund, the Homes for Ukraine Fund and the Refugee Integration and Employability Fund.