AQW 51383/22-27

Mr Nick Mathison
Alliance Party
Strangford

Tabled Date: 09/09/2026
Answered On Date: 30/09/2026
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of cases that went to the Dispute Avoidance and Resolution Service; and (ii) the number of these cases that proceeded to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal, in the last three academic years.

Answer:

The Education Authority (EA) has advised:

the number of cases referred to the Dispute Avoidance and Resolution Service in each of the last three academic years was:

2023-2024: 210

2024-2025: 225

2025-2026: 226

(ii)this information is not readily available with a manual review of individual case records required to identify this information.