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AQO 1224/22-27
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Mr John Stewart
(UUP - East Antrim)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy whether he will consider reviewing the household thresholds for Educational Maintenance Allowance payments.
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| 21/11/2024 |
Answered on 02/12/2024
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AQW 10496/22-27
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Ms Sinéad McLaughlin
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy to explain the reduction in his Department’s payments in relation to the Education Maintenance Allowance since 2013.
[Priority Written]
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| 19/04/2024 |
Answered on 23/04/2024
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AQW 10059/22-27
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Mr Matthew O'Toole
(SDLP - South Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy to detail his Department's spend on the Educational Maintenance Allowance in each of the last ten years.
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| 12/04/2024 |
Answered on 17/04/2024
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AQW 9863/22-27
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Ms Kate Nicholl
(APNI - South Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy what consideration he has given to scoping an uplift of the Educational Maintenance Allowance in line with inflation.
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| 11/04/2024 |
Answered on 24/04/2024
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AQW 4419/22-27
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Mr Peter McReynolds
(APNI - East Belfast)
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To ask the Minister of Education what plans she has to review, or increase, the Education Maintenance Allowance payment.
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| 11/10/2022 |
Answered on 26/10/2022
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AQW 10629/17-22
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Ms Karen Mullan
(SF - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 9531/17-22, how much it would cost to pay the Educational Maintenance Allowance during each school holiday period.
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| 19/11/2020 |
Answered on 18/12/2020
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AQW 9879/17-22
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Ms Karen Mullan
(SF - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy how much did it cost to pay the Educational Maintenance Allowance during the recent extended mid-term break.
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| 06/11/2020 |
Answered on 11/11/2020
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AQW 3872/17-22
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Mr Gerry Carroll
(PBPA - West Belfast)
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To ask the Minister for the Economy whether Education Maintenance Allowance payments will continue as normal throughout social distancing and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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| 24/03/2020 |
Answered on 23/04/2020
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AQW 2819/16-21
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Mr Barry McElduff
(SF - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Education (i) to detail the overall number and percentage of pupils currently in receipt of Educational Maintenance Allowance; (ii) to outline why there are differing amounts received; and (iii) to outline the parental income thresholds for determining eligibility or otherwise.
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| 12/09/2016 |
Answered on 16/09/2016
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AQO 8836/11-16
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Mr Joe Byrne
(SDLP - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning for an update on Education Maintenance Allowance payments made to young people who recently enrolled on European Social Fund funded youth education projects.
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| 01/10/2015 |
Answered on 16/10/2015
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AQW 49087/11-16
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning whether further education students who are currently in receipt of an Education Maintenance Allowance will continue to receive this; and for his assessment of the Education Maintenance Allowance as an incentive for young people to remain in full time education.
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| 24/09/2015 |
Answered on 05/10/2015
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AQW 47839/11-15
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning, pursuant to AQW 47059/11-15, whether the formal interim evaluation of the Pathways to Success strategy included questions which specifically asked young people and the organisations representing them for their assessment of the Pathways for Young People Education Maintenance Allowance.
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| 26/06/2015 |
Answered on 15/07/2015
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AQW 47838/11-15
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning whether the Pathways for Young People Education Maintenance Allowance will be continued following the formal interim evaluation of the Pathways to Success strategy.
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| 26/06/2015 |
Answered on 15/07/2015
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AQW 47179/11-15
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Mr Pat Ramsey
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning to detail the reasons for the abolition of the Pathways Education Maintenance Allowance for young people not in employment, education or training as this was designed to address an anomaly.
[Priority Written]
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| 12/06/2015 |
Answered on 17/06/2015
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AQW 47061/11-15
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning whether his Department will continue to provide Pathways for Young People Education Maintenance Allowance for people who are not in education, employment or training; and to detail any discussions he has had with the Department of Education.
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| 11/06/2015 |
Answered on 02/07/2015
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AQW 47059/11-15
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning (i) whether the Pathways for Young People Education Maintenance Allowance was included in the formal interim evaluation of the Pathways to Success Strategy: and (ii) to detail the nature of its evaluation.
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| 11/06/2015 |
Answered on 25/06/2015
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AQW 46314/11-15
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Mr Pat Ramsey
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning to outline any departmental plans to change the payment structure of Educational Maintenance Allowance payments to eligible students.
[Priority Written]
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| 27/05/2015 |
Answered on 04/06/2015
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AQW 46301/11-15
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Mr Pat Ramsey
(SDLP - Foyle)
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To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning if training organisations funding Educational Maintenance Allowance payments will this have a detrimental effect on the recruitment of 16-17 year old eligible for such monies compared to those 18 year olds who are not entitled to the payments.
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| 27/05/2015 |
Answered on 03/07/2015
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AQO 8079/11-15
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Mr Declan McAleer
(SF - West Tyrone)
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To ask the Minister of Education how much his Department contributes towards resourcing the Education Maintenance Allowance.
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| 23/04/2015 |
Answered on 12/05/2015
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AQW 39463/11-15
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Ms Claire Sugden
(IND - East Londonderry)
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To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning to detail the number of students who are currently in receipt of an Education Maintenance Allowance; and what assurance he can give that money for this will be ringfenced in light of current budgetary pressures.
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| 27/11/2014 |
Answered on 08/12/2014
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