AQW 12382/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Education

To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of children given a statement of Special Education Needs in each month for the past 5 years up to December 2020, broken down by constituency.

Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 31 December 2020

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Tabled: 31 December 2020
Answer due by: 18 January 2021
Answered: 12 January 202112 days after tabling
Department: Department of Education
Priority question: No

Answer

The Education Authority (EA) is unable to provide robust information on the number of completed statements by month over the last five years. Data in the table below shows the number of statements completed each month for the period April 2019 to December 2020 by each of the five EA area offices. It is not possible to provide information broken down by constituency, as it is not collected in that format.

Final Statements Issued by Month by Office
	Armagh	Ballymena	Belfast	Dundonald	Omagh	Total
2019
Apr	28	22	29	53	19	151
May	27	25	10	14	33	109
Jun	22	25	14	18	38	117
Jul	16	31	34	27	35	143
Aug	33	32	20	40	25	150
Sep	51	53	45	30	64	243
Oct	53	49	79	77	63	321
Nov	105	64	35	61	65	330
Dec	48	64	38	48	55	253
2020
Jan	70	65	116	68	46	365
Feb	64	52	39	81	27	263
Mar	44	26	54	69	37	230
Apr	16	5	9	19	3	52
May	108	45	11	48	61	273
Jun	33	67	70	39	71	280
Jul	37	89	54	51	48	279
Aug	98	7	73	34	82	294
Sep	122	91	110	173	78	574
Oct	108	73	48	74	74	377
Nov	147	111	60	113	63	494
Dec	35	39	78	64	43	259
Grand Total	1265	1035	1026	1201	1030	5557

To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of children given a statement of Special Education Needs in each month for the past 5 years up to December 2020, broken down by constituency.

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