Written question AQW 40917/22-27
Written question by Mr Daniel McCrossan on .
- MLA
- Mr Daniel McCrossan
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 18 February 2026
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 40917/22-27
- Department
- Department of Health
- Business
- To the Minister of Health
- Assembly identifier
- Document 472072
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Text
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of the Northern Ireland Care Leaver Statistics 2024/25, in particular the 48 per cent of men and 37 per cent of women leaving care without any qualifications, up from 26 per cent and 18 per cent respectively in 2015; and (ii) to detail any actions his Department plans to take to reduce these figures.
64 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: 0.04 (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 (0.95).
- No identity-based framing was identified (1.00).
- Subject area: Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups.
- 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 | 0.04 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.01 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.01 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.02 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.02 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.95 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.04 | At or below not-flagging threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 1.00 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.00 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.75 |
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.16 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.03 |
| Education structures, integration and community division | 0.03 |
| Another identity-related subject | 0.03 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 06:02 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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