Sexual Violence against Girls and Women Debate

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Department: Home Office

Sexual Violence against Girls and Women

Lord Elton Excerpts
Thursday 5th March 2015

(9 years, 9 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Bates Portrait Lord Bates
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I am very happy to set those details out. Up to September 2014, there were 72,977 recorded criminal offences. The number of rape prosecutions was 3,891 in the same period. There is a lot of detail behind that. I do not have the time to go into it at this point but I am happy to write to the noble Lord.

Lord Elton Portrait Lord Elton (Con)
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My Lords, several of your Lordships have drawn attention to the importance of early education in sex. Will my noble friend tell us what the arrangements are for the initial training of teachers in this subject, how consensus on what is appropriate at different ages is identified, and what INSET—in-service training—is also available in this?

Lord Bates Portrait Lord Bates
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The guidance issued by the Secretary of State for Education sets out that age-appropriate education must be provided to young people. There are steps that could be taken to improve on that. There are a lot of examples of best practice around the country, which schools have to draw on.