AQW 45155/11-15 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education whether the number of groups in receipt of his Department's Early Years Fund has remained the same in each of the last five years.
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
The Early Years Fund is administered by Early Years – the Organisation for Young Children (EYO) on DE’s behalf. According to monitoring information supplied to DE by EYO, the number of recipients of the Fund in each of the last five years is as detailed in the table below.
| Year | Number of recipients |
| 2010-11 | 175 |
| 2011-12 | 173 |
| 2012-13 | 166 |
| 2013-14 | 159 |
| 2014-15 | 153 |