AQW 4073/22-27

Ms Connie Egan
Alliance Party
North Down

Tabled Date: 04/10/2022
Answered On Date: 07/10/2022
Priority Written: Yes

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education which recommendations from the Fair Start Report (i) have been fully implemented; (ii) are in the process of being implemented; and (iii) have not been implemented by her Department.

Answer:

I am pleased to report that excellent progress is being made against all of the actions within the report "A Fair Start". Forty eight actions for change are being taken forward this year. Forty from the original report plus eight additional actions.

The report identified forty seven actions in total. These were split between Short term (ST) actions (Years 1 and 2), Medium Term (Years 3 and 4) and Long Term (Year 5 and beyond). Given that the plan was published during the 2021/22 financial year, 2022/23 is considered to be Year 1 of the Action Plan.

The latest progress report can be found at https://www.education-ni.gov.uk/publications/progress-reports-fair-start-report-and-action-plans. The next progress report will be published in December 2022.