Mr Patsy McGlone (Mid Ulster): To ask the Minister for Communities to detail the funding for Discretionary Support that remains available for allocation in the 2024-25 financial year.
Minister for Communities: I have agreed a Discretionary Support Grant budget of £22m in 2024-25, which is an increase of 10% on last year’s budget.
For Discretionary Support Loans, which is capital funding, the budget is £10.1m which is offset by loans receipts of £9.1m for 2024-25, resulting in a total capital requirement of £1m.
As the Discretionary Support scheme is a demand led service, my Department will continue to closely monitor scheme expenditure.
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