AQW 12382/17-22


Ms Kellie Armstrong
Alliance Party
Strangford


Tabled Date: 31/12/2020
Answered On Date: 12/01/2021
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of children given a statement of Special Education Needs in each month for the past 5 years up to December 2020, broken down by constituency.


Answer:
The Education Authority (EA) is unable to provide robust information on the number of completed statements by month over the last five years. Data in the table below shows the number of statements completed each month for the period April 2019 to December 2020 by each of the five EA area offices.  It is not possible to provide information broken down by constituency, as it is not collected in that format.
Final Statements Issued by Month by Office
 
Armagh
Ballymena
Belfast
Dundonald
Omagh
Total
2019
 
 
 
 
 
 
Apr
28
22
29
53
19
151
May
27
25
10
14
33
109
Jun
22
25
14
18
38
117
Jul
16
31
34
27
35
143
Aug
33
32
20
40
25
150
Sep
51
53
45
30
64
243
Oct
53
49
79
77
63
321
Nov
105
64
35
61
65
330
Dec
48
64
38
48
55
253
2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jan
70
65
116
68
46
365
Feb
64
52
39
81
27
263
Mar
44
26
54
69
37
230
Apr
16
5
9
19
3
52
May
108
45
11
48
61
273
Jun
33
67
70
39
71
280
Jul
37
89
54
51
48
279
Aug
98
7
73
34
82
294
Sep
122
91
110
173
78
574
Oct
108
73
48
74
74
377
Nov
147
111
60
113
63
494
Dec
35
39
78
64
43
259
Grand Total
1265
1035
1026
1201
1030
5557