AQW 39573/22-27


Ms Connie Egan
Alliance Party
North Down


Tabled Date: 02/02/2026
Answered On Date: 11/02/2026
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail the total end-year funding her Department's Skills Initiative Branch received each year, since 2017-18, including staffing costs.


Answer:
My Department’s Skills Initiatives Branch was established in 2021, details of the total end-year funding received each year including staffing costs are included on table 1.
Year
Skills Initiatives Branch total end-year funding including staffing costs
2021-2022
£7,958,000
2022-2023
£10,908,000
2023-2024
£8,043,000
2024-2025
£12,707,000
2025-2026
£7,984,000
Table 1.