AQW 28411/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 20/01/2022
Answered On Date: 25/01/2022
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health what work he is carrying out to prepare a successor strategy to Breastfeeding - A Great Start A Strategy for Northern Ireland 2013-2023, including with reference to legislation to protect those breastfeeding in public.

Answer:

A mid-term review of the current Strategy was carried out in May 2018 and a final evaluation will be conducted in 2023. Attached below is a link to the mid-term review.

https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/health/draft-mid-term-review-breastfeeding-strategy.pdf

Early discussions have taken place with PHA colleagues around the format of the final evaluation and how this, and the mid-term review, could inform potential development of a further breastfeeding strategy.

Please see the answer to AQW 28120/17-22 in relation to the legislation.