AQW 5574/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education when his Department will publish the final Statutory Guidance on the Reduction and Management of Restrictive Practices in Educational Settings in Northern Ireland.
Asked by Nick Mathison MLA on 6 February 2024
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 6 February 2024
- Answer due by
- 21 February 2024
- Answered
- 12 February 20246 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
My Department engaged with a wide range of stakeholders to co-design draft “Statutory Guidance on the Reduction and Management of Restrictive Practices in Educational Settings in Northern Ireland”. A public consultation on the draft guidance ran from 5th September to 10th November 2023.
The responses to the consultation are currently being analysed. Subject to my approval, a consultation report will be published on the Department’s website and I will consider the next steps to be taken thereafter.