AQW 10394/17-22

Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 17/11/2020
Answered On Date: 24/11/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to answer AQW 9998/17-22, (i) whether the Strategic Insight Lab will take input from families and in particular women who are most economically impacted by the provision or lack of provision of childcare; and (ii) how he will ensure that women’s voices will be an integral part of the development of the childcare strategy.

Answer:

The Strategic Insight Lab will include input from a number of key stakeholders, including those who represent women and families.

The Insight Lab will provide an opportunity to review the assumptions and actions within the Childcare Strategy, including the commitment to an Early Education and Childcare Offer as referenced in ‘New Decade New Approach’, and to help inform the development of a roadmap for the way ahead for the Childcare Strategy.