AQW 39544/22-27


Mr Nick Mathison
Alliance Party
Strangford


Tabled Date: 02/02/2026
Answered On Date: 16/02/2026
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Finance, pursuant to AQW 37560/22-27, to detail (i) the value of capital receipts received by the Department of Education; and (ii) the value of any capital receipts returned by the Department of Education, in the last financial year.


Answer:
The amount of capital receipts received by the Department of Education in 2024-25 and 2025-26 year to date is set out in the table below.
2024-25
Final Outturn
2025-26
to January
Capital Receipts (£’000s)
2,506
1,637
2025-26 to January is taken from DE’s January (R10) Outturn and Forecast Outturn return submitted to the Department of Finance on 9 February 2026.
In 2024-25 and 2025-26 the Department of Education did not surrender any capital receipts for reallocation by the Executive.