AQW 34968/22-27
Mr Nick Mathison
Alliance Party
Strangford
Tabled Date: 07/11/2025
Answered On Date: 21/11/2025
Priority Written: No
Question:
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 32916/22-27, to detail the number of unsuccessful appeals for transport assistance due to enforced relocation to temporary accommodation outside the school catchment area, in each of the last 3 academic years.
Answer:
The Education Authority (EA) previously provided information on cases that its Transport Appeals Panel considered exceptional in nature and the reasons recorded for that decision included enforced relocation to temporary accommodation. The EA is unable to identify pupils who have relocated to, or who are living in temporary accommodation. The EA has provided information below on cases it has identified where the reasons cited by parents include relocation to temporary accommodation, however its Transport Appeals Panel did not deem the circumstances to be exceptional. Academic Year | Appeals panel did not uphold the case – unsuccessful | 2022/23 | 5 | 2023/24 | 5 | 2024/25 | 10 | 2025/26 year to date | 10 |
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