AQW 34561/22-27

Mr Nick Mathison
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 04/11/2025
Answered On Date: 11/11/2025
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 31023/22-27, to detail the amount of funding required to fill the 42.2 full-time equivalent frontline vacancies, which have arisen across the Education Authority’s pre-existing special educational needs support services, as part of business as usual.

Answer:

The Education Authority (EA) has advised that:

The 42.2 full time equivalent vacancies equate to approximately £2.2 million per annum which is already covered within the EA’s existing budget.