PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Relationships and Sex Education (3 July 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Written Statement of 1 March 2017, HCWS 509, what the (a) timetable and (b) planned commencement date is for the consultation on the provision of relationships education.

Asked by:
Ms Stella Creasy (Labour)

The Department for Education will be conducting a thorough engagement process on the scope and content of relationships education, relationships and sex education and personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education, involving a wide range of interested stakeholders. The engagement process will seek evidence from schools and teachers; parents and pupils; experts in safeguarding and child wellbeing; subject experts; voluntary organisations and other interested parties; and other government departments and public sector bodies.

We will set out more details shortly about the engagement process and the work to consider age appropriate subject content.

Answered by:
Nick Gibb (Conservative)
11 July 2017