Mr Ross Hussey (UUP - West Tyrone) To ask the Minister of Education what date the Strule Shared Education Campus is expected to be completed. Based on the latest available procurement timetable the Strule Shared Education Campus is expected to be completed in summer 2020 and come into operation in September 2020. % of non-selective school pupils who stayed on after GCSEs Mrs Sandra Overend (UUP - Mid Ulster) To ask the Minister of Education what percentage of pupils attending a non-selective secondary school stayed in school after GCSE in each year from 2009 to 2016. The following shows the percentage of pupils attending schools that were doing a level 2 qualification (GCSE or equivalent) in the previous year and remained in the school system to study a level 3 qualification (A Level or equivalent) in the year stated. Source: NI school census Notes: The data provided is based on non-grammar schools only. It is not possible to fairly and equally classify schools as being either
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.
Ms Catherine Seeley (SF - Upper Bann) To ask the Minister of Education to outline his plans to enhance the primary school curriculum by requiring schools to deliver lessons on mental wellbeing. The statutory curriculum clearly states that pupils should be taught the importance of learning about mental health and wellbeing. In the primary school curriculum, managing feelings and emotions is a compulsory element of Personal Development and Mutual Understanding and provides opportunities for pupils to better understand their own feelings and the feelings of others, as well as how to sustain their health, growth and wellbeing. Also, you may be of the Department’s ‘I-Matter’ programme, which is about addressing how the entire school community should be engaged in promoting resilient emotional health and well-being for all pupils.The materials produced to date under the Programme include subjects such as ‘stress and anxiety’ and ‘feelings’ and are widely used by schools, across the youth sector, local libraries, GP surgeries and parent organisations. The Department intends to review the materials available over the coming months with a view to adding additional material on promoting positive emotional health and well-being. Welfare Reform Mitigations Working Group Report Mr Andy Allen (UUP - East Belfast) To ask the Minister for Communities for an update on the allocation of funding outlined in the specific advice in the Welfare Reform Mitigations Working Group Report. As part of the Fresh Start Agreement, £8m funding was committed over four years to put additional independent advice services in place for Welfare Reform. The Department is currently in the final stages of agreeing a contract with the Welfare Reform Advice Services Consortium
Number of child mental health beds Mr Alex Easton (DUP - North Down) To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of child mental health beds. At 31st July 2016, there were 33 mental health beds available regionally for young people aged 18 years and under. Children sent to England for treatment for mental health issues Mr Alex Easton (DUP - North Down) To ask the Minister of Health how many children have been sent to England for treatment for mental health issues over the last two years; and at what cost. Information on the number of children aged under18that have been sent to England for treatment for mental health issues, and the over the last two years is detailed in the table below: Source: HSCB *It is not possible to add figures for both together, as a number of children received treatment in both 2014/15 and 2015/16.