AQW 19427/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) whether funding for the JobStart scheme is ring-fenced in this year’s budget; (ii) the total anticipated cost of the scheme; and (iii) when the first workers are expected to commence employment.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 25 May 2021
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 25 May 2021
- Answer due by
- 10 June 2021
- Answered
- 11 June 202117 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
My Department was allocated £20 million of ring-fenced Covid-19 funding for the JobStart Scheme in 2021/22.
The total anticipated cost of the Scheme is £24.584 million, spanning the financial years 2021/22 and 2022/23. This was detailed in the Outline Business Case which was approved by the Department of Finance in November 2020.
The first young people were appointed to jobs via the JobStart Scheme in May 2021.