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AQW 18038/22-27

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education when the updated Integrated Education Strategy and Action Plan will be published.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 18037/22-27

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department will create a register for non-teaching staff, similar to the Northern Ireland Supply Teacher Register.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 18036/22-27

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education for an update on the actions taken in response to thematic review of physical education in primary schools, published in October 2022.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 18019/22-27

[Miss Jemma Dolan]: To ask the Minister of Education for a timeline of the repair works at Erne Integrated College, Enniskillen.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 18008/22-27

[Mr Peter Martin]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the location of Nurture Groups in schools in North Down.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 18006/22-27

[Mrs Michelle Guy]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) whether the Education Authority Educational Psychology Service tracks the number of referrals made by Speech and Language Therapists for children of pre-school age; and (ii) the number of these referrals that have been (a) taken forward; and (b) rejected in the last five years.



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AQW 18005/22-27

[Mrs Michelle Guy]: To ask the Minister of Education whether private pre-school providers that are part of the Pre-school Education Programme Standardisation have access to all Education Authority support that statutory providers have access to.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 18004/22-27

[Mrs Michelle Guy]: To ask the Minister of Education for an update on outstanding capital projects for schools in Lagan Valley.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 18002/22-27

[Mr Pat Sheehan]: To ask the Minister of Education, in light of the Libraries for Primaries campaign findings that 41 per cent of primary schools currently lack access to a dedicated library space, to detail the steps he plans to take to address this gap and increase the number of primary schools with dedicated library facilities.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17998/22-27

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of pupils that have been (i) expelled; and (ii) suspended from primary schools in each of the last five years.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17997/22-27

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount expended on support services for the education of expelled and suspended pupils in each of the last five years.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17971/22-27

[Ms Kellie Armstrong]: To ask the Minister of Education for a breakdown of the (i) actions; (ii) timetable; and (iii) staff resource investment to ensure his Department is fulfilling its statutory duties as outlined in the Integrated Education Act (Northern Ireland) 2022, in each year since 2022.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17970/22-27

[Ms Kellie Armstrong]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any additional funding that will be provided to the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education to deliver research to identify methods of establishing parental demand for integrated education.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17962/22-27

[Ms Cara Hunter]: To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department is undertaking any consideration of extending funding to the Buddy Bear Trust Conductive Education School.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17953/22-27

[Mr Phillip Brett]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) when the last condition survey of the nursey building at St Bernard's Primary School, Glengormley, was carried out; (ii) the Department's assessment of the current condition of the nursery building; and (iii) whether the Department will request a new condition survey of the nursery building.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17948/22-27

[Mr Philip McGuigan]: To ask the Minister of Education whether the Review of the Northern Ireland Curriculum will consider a statutory requirement for schools to educate pupils on the dangers of gambling as part of the core curriculum.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17947/22-27

[Miss Nicola Brogan]: To ask the Minister of Education whether (i) Emotional Wellbeing Teams in Schools will be available to schools in the academic year beginning in September 2025; and (ii) all schools will have access to this programme.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17946/22-27

[Miss Nicola Brogan]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any plans to make the Emotional Wellbeing Teams in Schools a permanent support in prevention and early intervention strategies for schools.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17943/22-27

[Miss Nicola Brogan]: To ask the Minister of Education whether he plans to make funding available beyond September 2025 for Emotional Wellbeing Teams in Schools to ensure all schools have access to the program.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17942/22-27

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education whether money allocated to schools who are establishing a Specialist Provision in a Mainstream School is specifically earmarked for that purpose or do schools have discretion on how to spend this funding.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17941/22-27

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any advice he has received from officials in relation to meeting the Loyalist Communities Council.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17940/22-27

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the capital funding available to schools moving to full time pre-school offer as part of standardisation of Pre-School Education Programme.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17918/22-27

[Mr Peter Martin]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the current status of all School Enhancement Programme applications in North Down.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17909/22-27

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister of Education, in relation to the RAISE programme, to detail (i) how the seven criteria were identified and used together; (ii) the weighting that was used when applying these criteria; (iii) how the income deprivation and health and disability deprivation criteria are measured and how these impact upon the selection methodology; and (iv) when the Department will publish the methodology used and results obtained from this to produce the list of schools and areas invited to participate.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17906/22-27

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount of (i) capital; and (ii) resource funding his Department or its arm’s-length bodies has provided to Glór Na Móna since 2007.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17874/22-27

[Mr Stephen Dunne]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any plans his Department has to improve education on the dangers of illegal drugs within schools.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17854/22-27

[Ms Kate Nicholl]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any engagement he has had with the Minster for the Economy in relation to data sharing around special educational needs and support requirements for relevant people moving from schools to further or higher education.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17852/22-27

[Ms Kate Nicholl]: To ask the Minister of Education how his Department is working with schools to prevent children from accessing and using vape products.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17849/22-27

[Mr Gerry Carroll]: To ask the Minister of Education (i) for his assessment of the possible closure of Gaelscoil an Lonnáin; and (ii) to detail any work his Department has undertaken to seek another location for the school.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17836/22-27

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 17214/22-27, if it is the case that pronouns only to be used to school is still listed in the intranet system for Northern Ireland’s schools.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17834/22-27

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail all organisations that have received funding from his Department or its arms-length bodies for the delivery of Relationships and Sexuality Education since he came to office.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17833/22-27

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 17215/22-27, to detail any efforts he intends to take to collect this data.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17832/22-27

[Mr Timothy Gaston]: To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 17214/22-27, to detail any efforts he has made to remove this guidance, including any relevant dates.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17820/22-27

[Miss Michelle McIlveen]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of pupils that have been (i) expelled; and (ii) suspended from post-primary schools in each of the last five years.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17810/22-27

[Mr Justin McNulty]: To ask the Minister of Education whether the Review of the Northern Ireland Curriculum will consider a statutory requirement for schools to educate pupils on the dangers of gambling as part of the core curriculum.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17807/22-27

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of successful appeals against refusals to fund Home to School transport in each of the last five years, broken down by constituency.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17806/22-27

[Mr Daniel McCrossan]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of successful applicants for Home to School transport in each of the last five years, broken down by constituency.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17801/22-27

[Ms Paula Bradshaw]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any response he will be making to the think1265 Directed Time Budgeting and Workload Survey that demonstrates that rights under the workload agreement, which formed part of the pay deal with teachers before the current term began, are not being implemented.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17800/22-27

[Ms Paula Bradshaw]: To ask the Minister of Education for his Department's assessment of how the workload agreement, which was part of the pay deal agreed with teachers after he came to office, is currently functioning.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17799/22-27

[Ms Paula Bradshaw]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the role the Education Authority has in ensuring workload agreements with teachers are implemented.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17798/22-27

[Ms Paula Bradshaw]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any action being taken to ensure workload agreements with teachers are implemented as agreed during the current school term.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17790/22-27

[Ms Sinéad McLaughlin]: To ask the Minister of Education whether the Northern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme will be extended beyond the end of the 2024-25 financial year.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17789/22-27

[Ms Sinéad McLaughlin]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any work his Department is undertaking to introduce more financial measures to support parents following the introduction of the Northern Ireland Childcare Subsidy Scheme.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17775/22-27

[Mr Phillip Brett]: To ask the Minister of Education (i) whether his Department will work to ensure every pupil diagnosed with epilepsy has an Individual Healthcare Plan accessible to the appropriate school staff with information about their condition and any support they require in school; and (ii) how his Department will improve training and awareness of epilepsy among teaching and non-teaching school staff.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17774/22-27

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education when payments arising from the pay and grading review for non-teaching staff will be made.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17773/22-27

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education whether he undertook an assessment of the extent to which the Loyalist Communities Council represents the views of proscribed organisations in advance of him accepting their invitation to meet.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17772/22-27

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education how he will ensure there are pathways available for all young people to facilitate education to age 18.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17771/22-27

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail the funding provided to special schools to facilitate extra-curricular activities.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17770/22-27

[Mr Nick Mathison]: To ask the Minister of Education to detail any engagement that has taken place with the Northern Ireland Training Council in relation to teacher workload.



  • Department of Education

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AQW 17764/22-27

[Mrs Cathy Mason]: To ask the Minister of Education, following the briefing at the Committee for Education on 6 November 2024 in relation to the Executive Childcare Strategy, to provide a breakdown of the (i) £23 million to be allocated in 2024-25; (ii) £55 million to be allocated in 2025-26; (iii) £80 million to be allocated in 2026-27; and (iv) £100 million to be allocated in 2027-28.



  • Department of Education