AQW 33646/22-27

Mrs Michelle Guy
Alliance Party
Lagan Valley

Tabled Date: 15/10/2025
Answered On Date: 21/10/2025
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 31763/22-27, to detail the rationale as to why this research, relevant to bullying, was removed and other reports into bullying, which predate it, have remained on his Department's website, including research from 2007 and 2011.

Answer:

A review of the department’s website was launched on 10th July 2025. As part of this review over 300 publications have been archived to date. This work is currently ongoing and Research Reports from 2007 and 2011 into the nature and extent of bullying in schools in Northern Ireland have been identified as part of this process.