AQW 12384/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount spent on youth services in North Down in the last five years.
Asked by Connie Egan MLA on 22 May 2024
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 22 May 2024
- Answer due by
- 7 June 2024
- Answered
- 6 June 202415 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Education Authority are currently unable to provide a breakdown solely for North Down as spend on youth services is held by district council area. However, the amount spent on youth services in Ards & North Down district council in the last five years is as follows:
| Year | EA Recurrent | EA Capital | Comments |
| 19-20 | £659,307 | £0 | |
| 20-21 | £620,470 | £245,070 | Includes 56k Covid Relief Funding |
| 21-22 | £1,138,057 | £299,944 | (includes £324k of Covid Relief funding/DE Capital/MIS Scheme) |
| 22-23 | £958,163 | £10,352 | |
| 23-24 | £1,087,641 | £5,377 |
Voluntary Capital
| Youth Organisation | 2023/24 | 2022/23 | 2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | TOTAL |
| Girlguiding Ulster | £23, 736 | £544,643 | £9,645 | £408 | £59,447 | £637,879 |
The Department has asked EA to look at how, moving forward, figures can be provided at a more specific area level, including by constituency.