Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education – in the Northern Ireland Assembly at 2:30 pm on 25 June 2024.
Connie Egan
Alliance
2:30,
25 June 2024
T4. Ms Egan asked the Minister of Education, given that special schools are a lifeline for many children and summer schemes are a vital part of that, for an update on the funding for schemes in special schools for this summer. (AQT 444/22-27)
Ministers make up the Government and almost all are members of the House of Lords or the House of Commons. There are three main types of Minister. Departmental Ministers are in charge of Government Departments. The Government is divided into different Departments which have responsibilities for different areas. For example the Treasury is in charge of Government spending. Departmental Ministers in the Cabinet are generally called 'Secretary of State' but some have special titles such as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ministers of State and Junior Ministers assist the ministers in charge of the department. They normally have responsibility for a particular area within the department and are sometimes given a title that reflects this - for example Minister of Transport.
