Education: Sex Education Debate

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Earl of Listowel

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Monday 8th July 2013

(10 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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We have taken its comments into account, but I am afraid that I will have to write to the noble Baroness in detail to answer her question.

Earl of Listowel Portrait The Earl of Listowel
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What progress are we making in terms of how our closest neighbours deal with teenage pregnancy? What are we learning from them in their teaching of sex education?

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Our teenage pregnancy rates are now at their lowest level in more than 40 years, and data for 2011, released by the Office for National Statistics in February this year, showed a continuing decline. The Government believe that the best protection is a good education, and we believe that our curriculum reforms will strike the right balance to allow all schools to improve their focus on the issues that are relevant to the circumstances.

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