Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what impact assessment they have made of the risk of Islamic extremism occurring in Christian schools which teach traditional Christian views about marriage.

All schools have an important part to play in increasing their pupils’ resilience to extremism and radicalisation and preparing them for life in modern Britain by promoting the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs. The Department for Education has not carried out a formal assessment of the risk of Islamic extremism occurring in the types of schools to which my noble Friend refers.