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<p>It is our assessment that no legislation taken forward by the Northern Ireland
Office since August 2014 has required the application of the Family Test by the UK
Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting families. To achieve
this, in 2014 we introduced the Family Test, which aims to ensure that impacts on
family relationships and functioning are recognised early on during the process of
policy development and help inform the policy decisions made by Ministers. The Family
Test was not designed to be a ‘tick-box’ exercise, and as such there is no requirement
for departments to publish the results of assessments made under the Family Test.</p>
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