Oral QuestionDepartment for Education

What steps she is taking to improve education on sexual consent and relationships.

Tabled: 25 November 2025Answered: 1 December 2025

Asked by

Ian Roome

Liberal DemocratNorth Devon

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Education

Answer from Hansard

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Olivia Bailey)

The Government’s new relationships, sex and health education guidance will help to ensure that young people learn about healthy, respectful relationships, and understand that consent is essential. That supports our unprecedented mission to halve violence against women and girls within a decade.