Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the delivery of education on (a) relationships, (b) consent and (c) behaviour across different key stages.

We recognise that more needs to be done to support effective delivery of relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) in schools. That is why the department has published updated RSHE statutory guidance for teaching from September 2026 with strengthened guidance on building healthy relationships, and emphasis on addressing misogynistic attitudes and online harms.

Alongside this, the department is investing £16 million to pilot targeted interventions in schools from the next academic year, supporting the rollout of the updated RSHE curriculum and strengthening teaching on healthy relationships and harmful behaviours to ensure teachers and schools feel fully supported.