AQW 7868/09

Mrs Naomi Long
Alliance Party
East Belfast

Tabled Date: 19/05/2009
Answered On Date: 28/05/2009
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Office of the First Minister and deputy First Minister for an update on the adoption of the young people’s action plan.

Answer:

The children and young people’s strategy action plan has been signed off by the cross-sectoral Strategy, Planning and Review Group (SPRG), which was established as one of the implementation structures for the 10 Year Strategy.

It was agreed that the action plan will be a ‘living document’ open to review and amendment and that direct engagement with young people will form an integral part of this review.

We also intend to work with Executive colleagues to identify whether any further actions can be included specifically on the issues raised by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child in their concluding observations of October 2008.

The action plan has been sent to the OFMDFM Committee for consideration and we intend to seek Executive approval when the views of the Committee have been received.