To ask the Minister for Employment and Learning, pursuant to AQW 47059/11-15, whether the formal interim evaluation of the Pathways to Success strategy included questions which specifically asked young people and the organisations representing them for their assessment of the Pathways for Young People Education Maintenance Allowance.

The formal interim evaluation conducted a range of investigations with young people, both individually and collectively as part of the Youth Forum, and the organisations representing them. It did not directly pose questions regarding Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA), but rather sought to draw out the opinions of individuals and groups on incentives to participation. It did not find any significant opinion, either way, on the issue of financial incentives being useful or not in attracting young people.