Written question WQ99893
- Asked by
- Joe MartinReform
- To be answered by
- Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Minister for Social Justice and Equality
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 8 days
Question
Will the Cabinet Minister provide the legal basis for the £5,000 payments made to successful applicants of the Ethnic Minority Initial Teacher Education incentive?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Minister for Education and the Welsh Language (Anna Brychan)
The £5,000 payments are made under the Ethnic Minority Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Incentive Scheme, which was introduced by the previous Welsh Government and continues to operate. The legal basis for the Scheme is sections 14 to 17 of the Education Act 2002, which enable the Welsh Ministers to provide financial assistance for purposes relating to education, including recruitment to teacher training. The payments are made under a ministerial legal scheme established in the exercise of those powers.
The Scheme was introduced as part of the previous Welsh Government's commitment under the Anti-racist Wales Action Plan and was developed as a positive action measure consistent with the Equality Act 2010. It mirrors the successful approach taken to incentivising students to train to teach through the medium of Welsh under the Iaith Athrawon Yfory Incentive Scheme.