Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of primary schools are engaging with the Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) programme.

The information requested is not held centrally. It is up to schools which teaching programmes they adopt.

The department has recently made relationships education compulsory for all primary age pupils; relationships and sex education compulsory for all secondary age pupils; and health education universally compulsory from September 2020. We are aware that many schools already deliver much of this content, often as part of an existing personal, social, health and economic education programme. The focus of the subjects is on ensuring that all children receive teaching on important topics like mental wellbeing, respectful relationships, and being safe. The statutory guidance has now been published and this encourages schools to adopt an evidence based approach to developing these subjects. The guidance is attached and is also available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/relationships-education-relationships-and-sex-education-rse-and-health-education.