AQW 4171/16-21

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 28/09/2016
Answered On Date: 12/10/2016
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on what his Department is doing in relation to the Public Accounts Committee recommendations in the Sustainability of Schools report.

Answer:

The Department’s response to the recommendations contained within the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report, in the form of a Memorandum of Reply, was laid in the Assembly on 10 June 2016.

The majority of the recommendations included in the PAC report correspond with those in the Northern Ireland Audit Office report on Sustainability of Schools. Work on implementing recommendations is being taken forward by a number of Project Teams involving relevant Department of Education (DE) staff and, as necessary, Education Authority (EA) and Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) representatives.

Progress is monitored by a Programme Board that meets monthly, with quarterly progress reports provided to the DE Board.