AQW 4171/16-21 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education for an update on what his Department is doing in relation to the Public Accounts Committee recommendations in the Sustainability of Schools report.
Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 28 September 2016
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 28 September 2016
- Answer due by
- 13 October 2016
- Answered
- 12 October 201614 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The Department’s response to the recommendations contained within the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report, in the form of a Memorandum of Reply, was laid in the Assembly on 10 June 2016.
The majority of the recommendations included in the PAC report correspond with those in the Northern Ireland Audit Office report on Sustainability of Schools. Work on implementing recommendations is being taken forward by a number of Project Teams involving relevant Department of Education (DE) staff and, as necessary, Education Authority (EA) and Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS) representatives.
Progress is monitored by a Programme Board that meets monthly, with quarterly progress reports provided to the DE Board.