Written question AQW 17214/22-27
Written question by Mr Timothy Gaston on .
- MLA
- Mr Timothy Gaston
- Party at the time
- Traditional Unionist Voice
- Date
- 22 October 2024
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 17214/22-27
- Department
- Department of Education
- Business
- To the Minister of Education
- Assembly identifier
- Document 415272
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Text
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the current advice provided to schools on using pronouns which are not the same as a pupil's biological sex without informing the pupil's parent or guardian.
34 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Uncertain: close call Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues
Uncertain: this record is excluded from all totals until a person reviews it.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.63 (qualifying needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not qualifying).
- Criteria met: Dog-whistle messaging (0.60).
- The text adopts the identity-based framing in its own voice (0.72).
- Subject area: Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues.
- The answers did not meet either automatic threshold.
This is an AI-generated assessment of the text, made against published criteria. It is not a finding of fact about the MLA or their intentions. The Assembly record itself is the fact.
Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.22 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.16 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.11 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.60 | Yes |
| Controversy escalation | 0.43 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.51 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.63 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing | 0.16 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.12 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it (chosen) | 0.72 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 1.00 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.00 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
| Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy | 0.00 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 02:15 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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