Tyrone) statutory rights of all children to access teaching and learning at a level appropriate to their needs and abilities. Responsibility as to how learning and teaching is delivered in the classroom is for teachers to make, based on their professional judgement. My expectation is that all pupils will be supported to reach their full potential. Collective worship in school assemblies Mr Barry To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department McElduff plans to allow pupils at post-GCSE level of study to opt (SF - out from collective worship in school assemblies. West Parental consent is required in order for pupils to opt out of Tyrone) collective worship in school assemblies. I have no plans to change this. Impact of Welfare Reform mitigation To ask the Minister for Communities to outline what work his Department has or intends to undertake to examine the impact of Welfare Reform post mitigation. As part of the Fresh Start Agreement, the approach agreed by the main political parties in Northern Ireland to implement welfare Mr reform, there was a commitment to review welfare arrangements Andy in 2018-19. Allen (UUP - Department for Communities officials have now developed and East refined a composite Welfare Reform evaluation strategy. This Belfast) strategy has been designed to specifically evaluate each of the key reforms as well as the associated mitigations. It will be central in assessing and monitoring the impacts of Welfare Reform in Northern Ireland and will help to inform implementation and future strategy.
Tyrone) statutory rights of all children to access teaching and learning at a level appropriate to their needs and abilities. Responsibility as to how learning and teaching is delivered in the classroom is for teachers to make, based on their professional judgement. My expectation is that all pupils will be supported to reach their full potential. Collective worship in school assemblies Mr Barry McElduff (SF - West Tyrone) To ask the Minister of Education whether his Department plans to allow pupils at post-GCSE level of study to opt out from collective worship in school assemblies. Parental consent is required in order for pupils to opt out of collective worship in school assemblies. I have no plans to change this. Impact of Welfare Reform mitigation Mr Andy Allen (UUP - East Belfast) To ask the Minister for Communities to outline what work his Department has or intends to undertake to examine the impact of Welfare Reform post mitigation. As part of the Fresh Start Agreement, the approach agreed by the main political parties in Northern Ireland to implement welfare reform, there was a commitment to review welfare arrangements in 2018-19. Department for Communities officials have now developed and refined a composite Welfare Reform evaluation strategy. This strategy has been designed to specifically evaluate each of the key reforms as well as the associated mitigations. It will be central in assessing and monitoring the impacts of Welfare Reform in Northern Ireland and will help to inform implementation and future strategy.
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