To ask the Minister of Education what is the net cost saving that the Shared Education Programme has achieved in each of the last four years.

The Delivering Social Change Signature Project is not predicated on the delivery of cost savings. However, collaborative working provides the opportunity to make more efficient use of resources and collaborative procurement arrangements have the potential to result in savings for individual school budgets. Any such saving impact is captured within individual school budgets and will vary considerably depending on the level of collaboration.