Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to meet the deadline of September 2019 for the introduction of compulsory relationships and sex education lessons in secondary schools; and if he will make a statement.

The Department has been considering the evidence gathered during the recent call for evidence and wider engagement exercise to help shape the new subjects of Relationships Education and Relationships and Sex Education, and draft new guidance and regulations.

The Department plans to consult on these draft regulations and the guidance shortly before laying the regulations to allow a debate in both Houses. The Department will continue to work towards schools being able to teach these subjects from September 2019.