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Mr Nick Mathison: Assembly records
All of Mr Nick Mathison’s imported questions, contributions and motions in this mandate, newest first, including those assessed as not qualifying, uncertain or not yet analysed.
To ask the Minister of Education whether he has given any consideration to introducing a small grant scheme for home educated pupils to pay for external examinations.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure, pursuant to AQW 46227/22-27, for an update on the review of the accessible parking bays within Newtownards town centre.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount of funding allocated to the implementation of Leading Together for Excellence: A TransformED NI Strategy for Teacher Professional Learning.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail how engagement with (i) children and young people; and (ii) parents, will inform the review of school behaviour policy.
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 47015/22-27, for an update on the report on the Education Authority Primary Children Looked After Advisory Service.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the amount spent on Education Authority moderation of (i) local and regional voluntary youth organisations; and (ii) controlled youth service units, in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure whether she will review the decision to refuse the installation of street lighting at the bus stops on both sides of the A24 at the junction of Drumaness Road.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail (i) the number of cases that went to the Dispute Avoidance and Resolution Service; and (ii) the number of these cases that proceeded to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal, in the last three academic years.
To ask the Minister of Education whether staff representing the Education Authority at the Dispute Avoidance and Resolution Service have the authority to change draft statements.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any consideration that has been given to including cardiopulmonary resuscitation training as part of the practical driving licence test.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail the amount her Department has spent on (i) consultant's fees; (ii) reports; (iii) design schemes; and (iv) business cases, in relation to the stability of the road at Portaferry Road, Newtownards, since 2012.
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to detail any Technical Approval Scheme completed, in relation to the carriageway at Portaferry Road, Newtownards, following the road realignment completed in 2012.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of appeals of a statement of special educational needs have been (i) lodged; and (ii) conceded before a tribunal hearing, in the last 3 academic years.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any reason compulsory language awareness at key stage 2 has not been included in the new modern languages framework.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any international evidence that has informed the decision to move towards developing beginner fluency in a single core modern language.
To ask the Minister of Education whether any consideration was given to adopting an Extensive Processing Instruction approach as part of the new modern languages framework.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any international evidence on the effectiveness of Extensive Processing Instruction as an approach to teaching modern languages that was considered by the curriculum taskforce and working group.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any reason why extensive processing instruction has not been included as a pedagogy as part of the new modern languages framework.
To ask the Minister of Education whether any consideration has been given to including the Teachers’ Research Exchange, as part of TransformED Teacher Professional Learning.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail any role (i) the Children Looked After Team; (ii) Education Otherwise Than At School; and (iii) Restorative Practice staff, will have in the review of School Behaviour Policy.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the number of children currently waiting for Local Impact Team (LIT) support for Social Behaviour and Emotional Wellbeing needs, compared with the waiting lists when Primary Behaviour Support was not part of the LIT model.
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the reason why the project partnership between his Department and the Public Health Agency across seven special schools, which aims to provide creative therapies, such as music, play, art and drama as a pilot, has been paused.