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WQ.343/2020
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE MINISTER FOR EDUCATION BY DEPUTY J.H. PERCHARD OF ST. SAVIOUR
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 6th OCTOBER 2020
Question
Will the Minister provide the following information with regards to the budget allocated to the Reading Recovery Plan –
- a breakdown of how the £196,000 allocated to the Plan in 2020 has been spent to date;
- how the remainder of the money allocated to reading recovery in 2020 is due to be spent; and
- what plans, if any, exist for spending the money allocated for reading recovery in the remaining years of the Government Plan 2020-23?
Answer
- £137,054 to cover the staff costs, including mileage reimbursement payments
£1,216 spent on IT devices to continue teaching during school closure
- The forecast cost of salaries and mileage for the rest of the year is included in the figures at (a)
Due to Covid-19 challenges and leadership changes there was a delay in the recruitment/availability of the third Reading Recovery teacher, there is a forecast underspend of £57,746. The remaining balance of the 2020 budget has been re-allocated to cover departmental Covid-19 costs as it was not possible to complete the recruitment process for a 3rd Reading Recovery teacher during lockdown.
- The following plans are proposed for 2020-2023:
• A third Reading Recovery (RR) teacher has been seconded initially to bring up the complement of specialist teachers
• Government Plan money will support three RR teachers in the future