Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 86334
Relationships and Sex Education
Tabled: 29 October 2025
Answered: 7 November 2025
Question
Carla Lockhart
Democratic Unionist Party — Upper Bann
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact the omission of a minimum age limit for sex education within the revised Relationship, Sex and Health Education statutory guidance on pupils under
Answer
Georgia GouldEducation is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.Sex education is not compulsory in primary schools, but the statutory guidance for relationship, sex and health education (RSHE) recommends that primaries teach sex...
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