AQW 14441/17-22 Written question to the Minister for the Economy
To ask the Minister for the Economy (i) why postgraduate students who graduated during December 2020 have not been included in the £500 Covid Disruption Payment; and (ii) whether she will consider extending the payment to this cohort.
Asked by Andrew Muir MLA on 10 February 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 10 February 2021
- Answer due by
- 25 February 2021
- Answered
- 16 February 20216 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for the Economy
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Covid Disruption Payment is for full-time undergraduate and postgraduate,
students who are currently enrolled at Northern Ireland publicly funded Higher
Education Institutions and full-time Higher Education students at the Further
Education Colleges, in recognition of the disruption suffered by students to their
studies due to the impact of Covid-19.