AQW 9864/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of individuals who have availed of the Education Authority's School Age Mothers Programme in the last 5 years, broken down by academic year.
Asked by Kate Nicholl MLA on 11 April 2024
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 11 April 2024
- Answer due by
- 26 April 2024
- Answered
- 19 April 20248 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The number of individuals who have availed of the Education Authority’s School Aged Mothers (SAMs) Programme during the last five academic years are shown below. Some of these individuals have been engaged over multiple years so will be counted in each year.
| Academic Year | Number of individuals |
| 2023/24 | 77 |
| 2022/23 | 49 |
| 2021/22 | 90 |
| 2020/21 | 96 |
| 2019/20 | 121 |