AQW 29123/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education

To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 28695/22-27, whether he will establish a data sharing arrangement with the Department of Health to establish the numbers of children and young people on the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service waiting list experiencing (i) chronic; and (ii) severe chronic, school absence.

Asked by Kellie Armstrong MLA on 23 June 2025

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Tabled
23 June 2025
Answer due by
8 July 2025
Answered
30 June 20257 days after tabling
Department
Department of Education
Priority question
No

Answer

Both my Department and the Education Authority would welcome any data sharing agreement which might assist policy and service areas to work collaboratively to support children and young people.

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