Written question AQW 9708/22-27
Written question by Ms Claire Sugden on .
- MLA
- Ms Claire Sugden
- Party at the time
- Independent
- Date
- 9 April 2024
- Type
- Written question
- Assembly reference
- AQW 9708/22-27
- Department
- Department of Health
- Business
- To the Minister of Health
- Assembly identifier
- Document 396638
Read the official Assembly record Open Data source
Text
To ask the Minister of Health (i) for his assessment of figures from Carers NI that show 220,000 people, mostly older and female, care for a friend or family member unpaid, half of whom care more than 90 hours per week; (ii) how this situation has changed over the last five years; (iii) for his assessment of the impact on the physical and mental health of unpaid carers; (iv) what steps have been taken, or are planned, to improve the lives of unpaid carers and the ease of accessing the services available to them; and (v) to detail the ability, including funding-wise, of his Department to take steps to improve the support provided to unpaid carers.
116 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: 0.03 (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 (0.96).
- 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 | 0.03 | 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 | 0.96 | Yes |
| Overall judgement | 0.03 | 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 | 0.87 |
| Disability (including neurodivergence and mental health), disabled people and disability or sickness benefits | 0.08 |
| Gender, sexuality, abortion and related social issues | 0.04 |
| No identity-related subject | 0.01 |
| Flags, emblems, symbols, names and memorials | 0.00 |
Assessed 23 October 2026 at 13:43 UTC by jev-1.13.0 (requested as typesafe/jev) under rubric 2026.10-r9, methodology 1.9.
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