AQW 45154/11-15 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education what departmental funding is available to sustain early childhood services, aside from the Early Years closed fund.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 28 April 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 28 April 2015
- Answer due by
- 14 May 2015
- Answered
- 12 May 201514 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Apart from the Early Years Fund, the main programmes relating to early childhood services funded by my Department to support early years’ education and learning are outlined in the following table. These programmes are in place to provide high quality curriculum based early years educational experiences and to help address barriers to learning in the early years, rather than to sustain early childhood services.
| Pre-School Education Programme |
| Sure Start Programme |
| Toybox |
| Extended Services for non statutory pre-school providers and Extended Schools* |
| SEN Early Years Interim Capacity Building. |
* - schools and settings are deemed eligible for ES funding