Written question AQW 17107/22-27
Written question by Mr Timothy Gaston on .
- MLA
- Mr Timothy Gaston
- Party at the time
- Traditional Unionist Voice
- Date
- 21 October 2024
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 17107/22-27
- Department
- Department of Finance
- Business
- To the Minister of Finance
- Assembly identifier
- Document 415031
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Text
To ask the Minister of Finance whether departmental documents will now avoid the use of the words mother, father, wife and husband.
22 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Uncertain
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- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.50 (qualifying needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not qualifying).
- Criteria met: Controversy escalation (0.71).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.53).
- Subject area: Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues.
- The answers did not meet either automatic threshold.
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Jev’s structured answers
| Question | Probability | Met? |
|---|---|---|
| Identity framing | 0.28 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.03 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.35 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.39 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.71 | Yes |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.32 | No |
| Overall judgement | 0.50 | Between thresholds |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.53 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.09 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.38 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.84 |
| Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy | 0.07 |
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.06 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.02 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.01 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 02:16 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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