AQW 32724/22-27 Written question to the Minister for Communities
To ask the Minister for Communities whether unpaid carers will be explicitly recognised in the final Anti-Poverty Strategy, given their absence from the current draft.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 3 October 2025
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 3 October 2025
- Answer due by
- 20 October 2025
- Answered
- 10 November 202538 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Communities
- Priority question
- No
Answer
In June this year, the Executive agreed to consult on a draft Anti-Poverty Strategy which is both sustainable and deliverable and which prioritises the issues that make a tangible difference to people’s lives throughout NI, including the needs of unpaid carers.
Following the close of the Public Consultation on the draft Anti-Poverty Strategy on 19 September, my officials are currently analysing and considering all responses received and I will report the outcome of this analysis with my Executive colleagues.
Decisions on the final content of the Anti-Poverty Strategy will be subject to agreement by the Executive.