AQW 2048/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 13/02/2020
Answered On Date: 21/02/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education or an update on the Education Authority’s definition of parental responsibility, and to detail the legislation under which that definition is clarified.

Answer:

Parental Responsibility is defined in legislation under Article 6(1) of The Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 as ‘all the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority which by law a parent of a child has in relation to the child and his property’.

As this definition is based in legislation, it should be used by any organisation referring to parental responsibility.