AQW 21135/17-22


Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry


Tabled Date: 29/06/2021
Answered On Date: 07/07/2021
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of children currently (i) accessing; and (ii) on the waiting list for the Education Welfare Service, broken down by constituency.


Answer:
The details requested are not stored by constituency but rather by Education Authority office area and then by teams within that area.
These are set out as follows:
Office Area
Team
Number of Active Cases
Number of Unallocated cases
Armagh
Craigavon
160
90
Armagh
Dungannon
189
30
Armagh
Newry
149
11
Ballymena
Central (Ballymena/Antrim)
126
47
Ballymena
Northern (Cullycapple, Coleraine)
141
63
Ballymena
Southern (Loughview, Newtownabbey)
122
68
Belfast
North
195
70
Belfast
South & East
59
 21
Belfast
West
165
114
Dundonald
Bangor
146
102
Dundonald
Downpatrick
77
21
Dundonald
Dundonald
133
47
Dundonald
Hillsborough
163
42
Omagh
Derry North/Limavady
149
20
Omagh
Derry South
130
8
Omagh
Enniskillen
45
 
Omagh
Omagh
71
16
Omagh
Strabane
63
3
 
SAM Co-ordinators
99
 
 
Total
2382
773