Written question AQW 4935/22-27
Written question by Mr Paul Frew on .
- MLA
- Mr Paul Frew
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 19 October 2022
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 4935/22-27
- Department
- Department of Health
- Business
- To the Minister of Health
- Assembly identifier
- Document 384746
Read the official Assembly record Open Data source
Text
To ask the Minister of Health, following the claims in a recent article in the Telegraph that children in England who died before they left hospital were wrongly described as stillborn, (i) what measures are in place in Northern Ireland to ensure that this does not happen here; and (ii) what are the procedures here in Northern Ireland for stillbirth death as compared to children who die before leaving hospital.
70 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Assessment
Jev’s structured answers met the documented threshold for “not qualifying”.
- Overall probability that the activity is being used to promote, exploit or escalate an identity-based controversy: 0.04 (qualifying needs at least 0.80; at or below 0.30 is not qualifying).
- None of the five culture-war criteria was met (each was below 0.50).
- Assessed as legitimate policy scrutiny (0.95).
- No identity-based framing was identified (0.62).
- The overall probability was at or below the not-qualifying 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 | 0.02 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.01 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.03 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.04 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.95 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.04 | At or below not-qualifying threshold |
| Option | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-based framing (chosen) | 0.62 |
| Reports or questions it | 0.38 |
| Criticises or condemns it | 0.00 |
| Adopts it | 0.00 |
| Subject | Probability |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.93 |
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.07 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
| Parades, bonfires and commemorations | 0.00 |
| Irish language, Ulster-Scots and language policy | 0.00 |
Assessed 20 October 2026 at 21:11 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r1, methodology 1.0.
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