Topical question AQT 45/22-27
Topical question by Mr Andy Allen MBE on .
- MLA
- Mr Andy Allen MBE
- Party at the time
- Ulster Unionist Party
- Date
- 26 February 2024
- Type
- Topical question
- Assembly reference
- AQT 45/22-27
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4231045
Read the official Assembly record
Text
Mr Allen asked the Minister of Education whether he will commit to reviewing Youth Service funding allocated to statutory and voluntary providers, given that, during a recent meeting with the Youth Work Alliance, representatives highlighted quite a contrast in that funding, with the community and voluntary sector providing services to 117,418 children at £97·90 per child and the statutory sector providing services to 91,795 children at over £254 per child.
70 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Follow-ups by the same MLA in the Chamber
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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: 0.11 (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 (0.94).
- No identity-based framing was identified (1.00).
- 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 | 0.05 | No |
| Sectarian or communal antagonism | 0.02 | No |
| Cultural grievance politics | 0.02 | No |
| Dog-whistle messaging | 0.03 | No |
| Controversy escalation | 0.04 | No |
| Legitimate policy scrutiny | 0.94 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.11 | 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 |
|---|---|
| No identity-related subject | 0.68 |
| Education structures, integration and community division | 0.18 |
| Sectarianism, hate crime and community relations | 0.07 |
| Sexism, misogyny, ageism and other equality groups | 0.05 |
| Legacy of the Troubles, victims and paramilitarism | 0.01 |
Assessed 21 October 2026 at 09:38 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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