AQW 13719/22-27

Mr John Blair
Alliance Party
South Antrim

Tabled Date: 24/06/2024
Answered On Date: 09/07/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the benefits of increasing green space in Northern Ireland’s school estate.

Answer:

The Department considers external site areas to be of critical importance for a school, particularly in the education of children in an urban setting. Outside space is seen as an integral part of the school and an extension of the classroom and provides the opportunity for a school to satisfy the Department’s policy on Biodiversity.

Currently there are no plans to increase green space provision in Northern Ireland’s school estate.