Written question AQW 40211/22-27
Written question by Ms Cara Hunter on .
- MLA
- Ms Cara Hunter
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 10 February 2026
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 40211/22-27
- Department
- Department of Education
- Business
- To the Minister of Education
- Assembly identifier
- Document 470525
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Text
To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant of AQW 39375/22-27, to detail (i) whether he considers the current non-statutory provision for teaching about the Holocaust, and other genocides, to be sufficient to ensure consistent coverage across all schools; (ii) any assessment his Department has made of the risk posed by historical misinformation, denial or distortion in relation to the Holocaust; and (iii) whether he is considering making teaching about genocides a statutory element of the reformed curriculum.
77 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not flagged”.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.08 (flagging needs at least 0.70; at or below 0.30 is not flagged).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.60).
- Assessed as legitimate policy scrutiny (0.88).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.89).
- Subject area: Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice).
- The overall probability was at or below the not-flagging 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 | 0.03 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.01 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.06 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.02 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.07 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.88 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.08 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.89 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.11 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Religion and belief (including people of no religion), churches, faith communities and religious prejudice (including antisemitism and anti-Muslim prejudice) | 0.84 |
| Education structures, integration and community division | 0.08 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.03 |
| Immigration, asylum, race, ethnicity and Travellers | 0.02 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.02 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 05:50 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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