AQW 8026/22-27

Mr Nick Mathison
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 04/03/2024
Answered On Date: 12/03/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on his Department’s work on commissioning an independent research project regarding alternative deprivation measures to Free School Meal Entitlement, as per the recommendation contained within A Fair Start report.

Answer:

University of Ulster (UU) took forward the research project and the key findings were presented to the Fair Start Programme Board on 27th February 2024. The research will be published on the DE website on 21 March 2024.