AQW 45457/11-15 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education whether any Early Years funded groups currently offer funded pre-school places within the Pre-School Education Programme; and if so, to detail how many groups.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 6 May 2015
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 6 May 2015
- Answer due by
- 21 May 2015
- Answered
- 14 May 20158 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Funding provided under the Pre-School Education Programme (PSEP) is considered to be sufficient to enable participating groups to be viable.
In the 2014/15 academic year 1615 funded pre-school places within the Programme are provided in 81 groups in which some salaries are currently supported by the Early Years Fund. These places will continue to be funded under PSEP in the same way as all other settings in the Programme.