Written question AQW 53051/22-27

Written question by Ms Cara Hunter on .

MLA
Ms Cara Hunter
Party at the time
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Date
25 September 2026
Type
Written question
Assembly reference
AQW 53051/22-27
Department
Department for the Economy
Business
To the Minister for the Economy
Assembly identifier
Document 500621

Text

To ask the Minister for the Economy whether her Department will commission research into the (i) social; (ii) familial; and (ii) economic effects, of outward graduate migration from Northern Ireland, including the impact on the (a) local skills base; and (b) regional economic development, recognising that 22 per cent of our school leavers leave the jurisdiction compared to just four per cent in England.

64 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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