AQW 36442/11-15 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education what proportion of departmental funding has been allocated to independent counselling services for post-primary school pupils, in each of the last three years.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 24 September 2014
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 24 September 2014
- Answer due by
- 9 October 2014
- Answered
- 30 September 20146 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Independent Counselling Service for Schools (ICSS) is funded by the Department of Education and is available to all post primary schools and special schools with post primary age pupils. ICSS spend over the last three years is detailed below:
| Total DE budget | ICSS spend | % of resource budget | ||||||
| Year | Resource | Capital | Total Budget | ICSS Post Primary | ICSS Special Schools | Total ICSS | ||
| £000 | £000 | £000 | ||||||
| 2011-12 | 1,920,481 | 114,752 | 2,035,233 | £1,893,873 | £386,504 | £2,280,377 | 0.12% | |
| 2012-13 | 1,900,503 | 108,221 | 2,008,724 | £1,935,022 | £359,688 | £2,294,710 | 0.12% | |
| 2013-14 | 1,917,844 | 109,435 | 2,027,279 | £2,041,028 | £402,556 | £2,443,584 | 0.13% | |