To ask the Minister of Education, pursuant to AQW 35784/22-27, to detail all (i) independent reviews of Department of Education programmes; (ii) Independent Assessors; and (iii) Ministerial Advisory Panels, without associated budget.

The details on all (i) independent reviews of Department of Education programmes; (ii) Independent Assessors; and (iii) Ministerial Advisory Panels, without associated budget are set out below:

Consultation event on the barriers and solutions in respect of childcare;

Early Learning and Childcare Strategy consultation;

Education Authority Landscape Review;

Evaluation of DE-funded Nurture Provision;

Independent Review of Education Panel in Northern Ireland;

Strategic Review of the Northern Ireland Curriculum;

Review of DE Targeted Early Years Interventions;

Review of Sure Start Health Professionals;

Review of Childcare Services in Northern Ireland;

Review of Standardisation of the Pre-school Education Programme;

Review of Childcare Costs and Assumptions; and

Northern Ireland Childcare Survey.

Appointment of independent assessors in the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment.

Appointment of International Ministerial Advisory panel.