AQW 32547/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education to outline how rurality is factored into funding allocations for youth services.
Asked by Sian Mulholland MLA on 1 October 2025
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 1 October 2025
- Answer due by
- 16 October 2025
- Answered
- 13 October 202512 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
My department’s policy for youth work in education, Priorities for Youth, sets out the requirement for the Education Authority (EA) to undertake an assessment of need to inform its Regional Youth Development Plan. Funding allocations are made based on this plan and the EA’s funding formula.
The EA’s current funding formula allocates resources on the following basis:
Deprivation – 55%
Total Population – 10%
Target Age Range Population – 15%
Rurality – 20%