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(6) In relation to part (4), what specific actions or initiatives have been undertaken during each financial year since 2013-14 to date by the (a) Minister, (b) Education Directorate and (c) schools to address the increasing number of (i) occupational violence, (ii) bullying and harassment and (iii) mental stress incidents reported in that year.

(7) Have any external parties been consulted or engaged to provide advice on or services in relation to (a) occupational violence, (b) bullying and harassment and (c) mental stress incidents reported; if yes, can the Minister advise (i) name of external party, (ii) nature of services, (iii) value of the services, (iv) period or length of service or contract, (v) contract name and number if relevant and (vi) outcomes or key performance indicators attached to the provision of services.

Ms Berry: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:

1) The following data set provides a breakdown of the number of incidents¹ by the category of incident by category of staff. This information has been extracted from Riskman and was also reported as part of questions on notice Nos 2200-2237.

This data does not include volunteers or third parties.

The increase in the number of occupational violence incidents being reported is related to greater encouragement for staff to report. It is important to note that with the increased level of reporting there has not been a commensurate increase in the severity of injuries that resulted in staff taking time off work.

Category	2013-2014	2014-2015	2015-2016	2016-2017	2017-2018	2018-2019 YTD (at 10 April 2019)
Bullying and Harassment	n.p.	6	13	7	32	17
Teacher	n.p.	n.p.	8	n.p.	21	12
Principal		n.p.		n.p.	n.p.	n.p.
Other Education Employee		n.p.	n.p.		7	n.p.
LSA			n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.
Mental Stress	5	n.p.	7	34	18	36
Teacher	n.p.		n.p.	27	12	27
Principal				n.p.	n.p.	n.p.
Other Education Employee	n.p.		n.p.	n.p.	n.p.	n.p.
LSA		n.p.	n.p.	5	n.p.	n.p.
Occupational Violence	480	396	680	1622	2431	2149
Teacher	251	227	353	866	1420	1258
Principal	19	22	30	110	138	122
Other Education Employee	24	n.p.	15	49	57	37
LSA	186	143	282	597	816	732

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¹The term incident refers to the number of individual reports about an event. There may be multiple reports on the one event.

2) The following data set provides a breakdown of the number of incidents by the category of incident, by sub-category of individuals who cause an incident.

The data does not identify the category of individuals who cause an incident for ‘Mental Stress’.

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