| Ref No | Member | Question | Tabled | Status |
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AQW 24603/22-27
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Mrs Cathy Mason
(SF - South Down)
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To ask the Minister of Education whether he will use the additional £50 million allocated for childcare to introduce any cost cutting measures for parents ahead of the expected increased cost of childcare by the end of March 2025.
[Priority Written]
| 19/03/2025 |
To be answered by 27/03/2025
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AQW 24602/22-27
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Mrs Cathy Mason
(SF - South Down)
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To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount of funding, per child, is allocated to (i) non-statutory part-time preschool places; (ii) statutory part-time preschool places; (iii) non-statutory full-time preschool places; and (iv) statutory full-time preschool places.
| 19/03/2025 |
To be answered by 03/04/2025
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AQW 24601/22-27
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Mrs Cathy Mason
(SF - South Down)
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To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the criteria used to determine how Pupil Allocation Number is allocated; and (ii) whether the criteria differs between statutory and non-statutory settings.
| 19/03/2025 |
To be answered by 03/04/2025
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AQW 24600/22-27
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Mrs Cathy Mason
(SF - South Down)
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To ask the Minister of Health (i) for an update on the review of Minimum Standards for Childminding and Day Care for Children Under Age 12; (ii) for a delivery date of when the review will be implemented; and (iii) whether he will he ensure child to staff ratios for non-statutory and statutory early years sectors will be equal, in line with the Independent Review of Education.
| 19/03/2025 |
To be answered by 03/04/2025
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AQW 24599/22-27
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Mrs Cathy Mason
(SF - South Down)
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To ask the Minister of Health when he will answer (i) AQW 23090/22-27; (ii) AQW 23089/22-27; (iii) AQW 23088/22-27; (iv) AQW 23087/22-27; (v) AQW 22805/22-27; and (vi) AQW 21613/22-27.
| 19/03/2025 |
To be answered by 03/04/2025
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AQW 24083/22-27
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Mrs Cathy Mason
(SF - South Down)
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To ask the Minister of Education for his assessment of whether the Pre-School Standardisation Programme has (i) created an unintentional unfairness among preschools that have not yet been standardised; and (ii) created an unintentional unfairness within standardised settings who have been offered less standardised places than their capacity.
| 10/03/2025 |
To be answered by 26/03/2025
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AQW 24082/22-27
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Mrs Cathy Mason
(SF - South Down)
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To ask the Minister of Education to detail the (i) percentage; and (ii) number of children that were offered a funded place in a preschool setting of their parents’ first preference in the last six years.
| 10/03/2025 |
To be answered by 26/03/2025
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AQW 23927/22-27
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Mrs Cathy Mason
(SF - South Down)
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To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) a breakdown of the £51 million special educational needs (SEN) budget; (ii) the total budget allocation for Strand 1 of the SEN budget targeting maintenance and minor works; (iii) the total budget allocation for Strand 2 for Specialist Provision in Mainstream Schools; (iv) the total budget allocation for Strand 3 for additional provision for special schools; and (v) the total budget allocation for Strand 4 for additional special schools.
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| 06/03/2025 |
Answered on 14/03/2025
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AQW 23747/22-27
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Mrs Cathy Mason
(SF - South Down)
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To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) his plan to address the gap between those pre-school providers who have been successful in the roll-out of the Pre-School Standardisation programme and those who have not; and (ii) any engagement he has had with those who feel they are at a disadvantage.
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| 04/03/2025 |
Answered on 13/03/2025
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AQW 23746/22-27
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Mrs Cathy Mason
(SF - South Down)
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To ask the Minister of Health to detail the boundaries, by postcode, of the (i) Southern Health and Social Care Trust area; and (ii) South Eastern Health and Social Trust area, within the South Down constituency.
| 04/03/2025 |
To be answered by 20/03/2025
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