Citizenship Education Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Citizenship Education

Lord Ramsbotham Excerpts
Tuesday 14th February 2012

(12 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Hill of Oareford Portrait Lord Hill of Oareford
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I agree with the noble Baroness, Lady Massey, that there is an overlap between the two, particularly at primary level. On where we have got to with our review, I know that she is keen for us to get to the sticking point. However, because of our need to take into account the report from the expert panel, the timescale for responding has moved back a little and we need to dovetail the PSHE review with the overall national curriculum review. We will bring that forward in due course.

Lord Ramsbotham Portrait Lord Ramsbotham
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My Lords, what steps are being taken to increase citizenship education in young offender institutions and other places where children are held in custody?

Lord Hill of Oareford Portrait Lord Hill of Oareford
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On the specific details of what is happening in institutions—I recognise the noble Lord’s concern about that, and I agree with him on the importance of this in prisons and young offenders institutions—if I may, I will follow this up with my colleagues to see if I can help him with some more specific information about those programmes.