Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what advice her Department gives to independent and boarding schools on distribution of female contraceptives and male prophylactics to students.
The Department has not issued advice to independent and/or boarding schools on the distribution of female contraceptives or male prophylactics to students. Independent schools must meet the independent school standards, including requirements to ensure that arrangements are made to safeguard and promote the welfare of pupils at the school, and to ensure that pupils are properly supervised. Boarding schools must comply with the National Minimum Standards including similar requirements to ensure that arrangements are made to safeguard and promote the welfare of pupils at the school and that boarders are appropriately supervised.