FOI/EIR Disclosure Log 2023

DE/2023-0088

Census data for primary schools in Lisburn and Castlereagh Council area October 2019-October 2022

Childcare Funding

Classroom Assistant Data

number of people working in schools under your jurisdiction who were disciplined or dismissed for content posted on social media / only fans

a copy of all communication with schools and training materials that were provided for schools, regarding their responsibilities under SENDO and Accessibility Plans

The Childcare Sustainability Support Fund during the Covid period.  This fund was in partnership with the Department of Education and Department for Health. 

I wish to know-> 

1. The total amount of what was available in all schemes for Childcare in response to Covid?
2. How much was allocated?
3. Can you provide a list of recipients' names and total amount received?
4. What was the criteria applied to allocate funds?
5. What evidence did the recipients have to provide?
6. Can you provide a blank copy of the application form required from Childcare providers?

Please provide a list of any and all contact your organisation and/or staff have had with British American Tobacco, Imperial Brands, Japan Tobacco International, Philip Morris International, as well as any other domestic or transnational tobacco companies or anyone representing the tobacco industry including subsidiaries of tobacco industry.

I would like this information for the period from 1 April 2021 to 20 February 2023.

I am researching school closures in the North Belfast and Newtownabbey areas from 1970's to present. You may have information already published but I was unable to locate this.

Could you please advise where I might access information regarding school closures at all levels in this geographical area?

1.Does the Department of Education have a statutory duty to fund and support the Independent Counselling Service for Schools?

2. An overview of the services that the Department has a statutory duty to fund and deliver.

3. An overview of the services the Department do not have a statutory duty to fund and deliver, but are currently funding.

Of staff employed by outsourced companies providing services for the Department for Education– how many are employed on ‘zero hours’ or ‘casual’ contracts?

Please provide a breakdown by job title

A list of Statutory Policies that Primary Schools and Nursery Schools in Northern Ireland must have, as well as any recommended/advisory policies that schools are required to keep.

1.   How much does it cost to administer and send letters relating to overpayments of pay / pension?

2.  How many overpayments of pay / pension per year are you having to administer each year?

Within the Department of Education how many:

a) Staff have faced investigations for cases of sexual misconduct in each of the past 5 Years

b) Staff have been prosecuted for sexual offences in each of the past 5 years

Please provide the disciplinary outcomes and a breakdown by the sex of the staff member investigated