AQW 52416/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities to detail (i) any funding sought by the Housing Executive for (a) the Strategic Prevention Programme; and (b) Community Prevention and Initiatives or any predecessor or successor programme performing the same function; and (ii) the level of funding allocated to each programme, in each of the last five financial years.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 18 September 2026
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 18 September 2026
- Answer due by
- 5 October 2026
- Answered
- 30 September 202612 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
This issue is an operational matter for Northern Ireland Housing Executive; they have advised me as follows:
“The tables below show the funding sought and the funding allocated to the Strategic Prevention Programme and Community Prevention in each of the last five financial years.”
| Homeless Strategic Prevention | £k’s | ||||
| 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | |
| i) Funding Sought | 1,597 | 3,353 | 3,477 | 4,490 | 3,535 |
| ii) Funding Allocated | 1,352 | 1,035 | 376 | 317 | 2,779 |
| Homeless Community Prevention | £k’s | ||||
| 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 | |
| i) Funding Sought | 4,305 | 4,140 | 4,983 | 4,174 | 4,342 |
| ii) Funding Allocated | 4,890 | 4,180 | 3,964 | 4,131 | 4,342 |