AQW 32769/22-27

Mrs Michelle Guy
Alliance Party
Lagan Valley

Tabled Date: 03/10/2025
Answered On Date: 20/10/2025
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to provide a breakdown of requests received from schools for support for (i) cognition and learning; (ii) social, behavioural, emotional and well-being; (iii) speech, language and communication needs; (iv) sensory; and (v) physical needs, in the last twelve months.

Answer:

The Education Authority has provided the following breakdown of requests received from schools:

	Educational Psychology Service (1 September 2024 - 31 August 2025)	Local Impact Teams* (30 January 2025 - 6 October 2025)
Cognition and Learning	1243	1759
Social, Behavioural, Emotional and Well-being	2099	1142
Speech, Language and Communication Needs	1130	428
Sensory	88	10
Physical Needs	174	21

*All other data is held in Legacy areas and held by each individual service.