AQW 16118/22-27 Written question to the Minister of Education
To ask the Minister of Education to detail the safeguarding checks that private tutors currently undergo.
Asked by Michelle Guy MLA on 2 October 2024
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 2 October 2024
- Answer due by
- 17 October 2024
- Answered
- 15 October 202413 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Education
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The role of private tutors is not overseen or regulated by my department.
The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 set out the requirements for safeguarding checks, stipulating that vetting checks are required to be completed for individuals entering regulated occupations as defined in the legislation. Such checks are undertaken by AccessNI.