Sex and Relationship Education

(asked on 12th July 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the introduction of compulsory relationships and sex education in schools in each of the next three years.


Answered by
Nick Gibb Portrait
Nick Gibb
This question was answered on 18th July 2019

The Department announced a budget of £6 million in financial year 2019-20 to develop this programme of support for schools. Funding beyond 2019-20 is a matter for the forthcoming Spending Review.

The Department has also published an impact assessment which provided an estimate of the impact of the new regulations on the school system. The assessment includes reference to the fact that many schools are already teaching a great deal of the content in the new statutory guidance. The impact assessment can be accessed here.

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/781029/Updated_impact_assessment_-_Relationships_Education_and_Relationships_and_Sex_Education.pdf

The Department has published the statutory guidance and guides for parents, which schools can use to inform their engagement. These are available here, respectively:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-sex-and-health-education-guides-for-schools.

The Department is committed to supporting schools to teach the new subjects to a high standard. The Department will continue to work with subject experts to ensure schools are supported to improve their practice, focusing on an implementation guide, support for training needs, and materials. This will also include sharing effective practice so schools can learn lessons from each other.

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