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Asked by Nuala

AQW 46957/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education

To ask the Minister of Education to detail any engagement his Department is having with the Department of Health to understand how many children experiencing Emotional Based School Non-Attendance are also on the waiting list for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Support.

Asked by Nuala McAllister MLA on 22 May 2026

  • Answered
  • Written
Tabled
22 May 2026
Answer due by
9 June 2026
Answered
29 May 20267 days after tabling
Department
Department of Education
Priority question
No

Answer

Currently, officials in my Department do not receive pupil level data which allows for the identification of individual pupils who are absent from school due to Emotionally Based School Non-Attendance.

Attendance data available to the Department records the number of half-days missed for which the EBSNA absence code has been used, it does not identify pupils.

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