AQW 6402/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education what consideration he has given to the reintroduction of the School Holiday Food Grant.
Asked by Kate Nicholl MLA on 14 February 2024
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 14 February 2024
- Answer due by
- 29 February 2024
- Answered
- 23 February 20249 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Following a decision by the Executive, the Department of Education, made, on an interim basis, School Holiday Food Grant payments from July 2020 to March 2023. The ringfenced funding for this ceased in 2023 and the payments were therefore discontinued. I will be considering the way forward on this issue in the time ahead.