AQW 19923/22-27


Ms Connie Egan
Alliance Party
North Down


Tabled Date: 13/12/2024
Answered On Date: 03/01/2025
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the funding made available for community groups who deliver care and activity for those with severe learning disabilities in North Down in each financial year since 2019-20.


Answer:
Health and Social Care Trusts are responsible for the provision of services and may commission community groups to deliver services, in accordance with assessed needs and available funding.
The South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust have outlined the following approximate levels of funding made available from Children and Adult Services to community groups who deliver care and activity, for those with severe learning disabilities in North Down in each year.
2019/2020: £2,383,670
2020/2021: £2,440,088
2021/2022: £3,111,258
2022/2023: £2,199,827
2023/2024: £2,400,961
2024/2025: £2,527,152