AQW 46618/22-27


Mrs Michelle Guy
Alliance Party
Lagan Valley


Tabled Date: 19/05/2026
Answered On Date: 26/05/2026
Priority Written: Yes


Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of schools; and (ii) the number of days schools, had to close due to security alerts in each of the last five years.


Answer:
The Department only holds records of cases where a setting has closed for a whole day without morning registration being taken.
Academic year
No. of schools
No. of days
2021/22
Nil
Nil
2022/23
3
2
2023/24
Nil
Nil
2024/25
2
1
2025/26
Nil
Nil