AQW 11812/22-27 Written question to the First Minister and deputy First Minister
To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the Dispersal Fund, including a breakdown of its allocation by local council area.
Asked by Connie Egan MLA on 13 May 2024
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 13 May 2024
- Answer due by
- 29 May 2024
- Answered
- 23 May 202410 days after tabling
- Department
- The Executive Office
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Since 2022/23, Full Dispersal funding has been provided by Home Office to enhance the capacity and infrastructure to support the wider dispersal of asylum seekers here. We were pleased to have been able to allocate £1.54million of this funding to councils to develop local support over the past two financial years, as follows:
| Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council | £88,478 |
| Ards and North Down Borough Council | £152,939 |
| Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council | £84,218 |
| Belfast City Council | £406,228 |
| Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council | £162,095 |
| Derry City and Strabane District Council | £59,448 |
| Fermanagh and Omagh District Council | £79,262 |
| Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council | £173,390 |
| Mid and East Antrim Borough Council | £50,000 |
| Mid Ulster District Council | £143,175 |
| Newry, Mourne and Down District Council | £147,695 |
| TOTAL | £1,546,928 |
In the absence of confirmed funding by Home Office for 2024/25, unfortunately we are not in a position to determine further allocations. We continue to press Home Office for confirmation of this year’s funding.