§ Mr. BeggsTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the basis of the decision to invite the Northern Ireland Youth Forum to 99W conduct an external study ass part of the review into post-primary education in Northern Ireland; and whether the Youth Council was involved in the review. [120948]
§ Jane KennedyThe Department of Education adopted a multi-stranded approach to the consultation on the Burns' Report to ensure that everyone had an opportunity to express their views, including commissioning the Northern Ireland Youth Forum to undertake qualitative research into the views of 14 to 19-year-olds through a series of focus groups broadly representative of the population. The Youth Council was not involved in the review.