(1) With reference to her department’s statement on 17 November 2019 which stated that the department is only testing the use of Scripted Lesson Plans, nothing more, and her reply to question 1605 on 16 January 2020 that the material in these Scripted Lesson Plans is not new, what are the differences between the scripted lesson textbooks and previously used methods;
(2) (a) on what basis would her department be testing curriculum material that is not new in 1 500 schools and (b) what is the explanation for the apparent discrepancy between her department’s statement on 17 November 2019 and her reply to question 1605 on 16 January 2020?