AQW 39056/22-27 Written question to the First Minister and deputy First Minister

To ask the First Minister and deputy First Minister, in light of the recently published Individual Wellbeing in Northern Ireland Report 2024-2025, to detail how the effectiveness of interventions to improve wellbeing among disabled people will be assessed over the next 12 months.

Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 26 January 2026

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Tabled
26 January 2026
Answer due by
10 February 2026
Answered
9 February 202614 days after tabling
Department
The Executive Office
Priority question
No

Answer

Interventions are monitored at both population and programme levels.

The Executive Office uses official statistics such as the Individual Wellbeing in Northern Ireland report to track wellbeing at a population level and to examine inequalities among different groups in our society.

For programmes delivered in The Executive Office, departmental statisticians work closely with policy colleagues at a programme and project level to provide guidance on how the effectiveness of interventions can be measured, supporting on the development of suitable metrics, advising on reliable data collection methods and ensuring robust analysis and reporting of results. Where it is relevant and possible to do so, data is broken down by disability to help assess the effectiveness of any interventions among people with and without disabilities.

This approach is ongoing and will continue over the next 12 months and beyond.

Official sources