Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many cases of homophobic bullying were recorded in schools in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

The Government does not hold information on the number of homophobic cases of bullying recorded in schools. The recording of incidents of bullying is managed locally by schools.

We are, however, investigating overall prevalence rates for a range of types of bullying, including homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying, through surveys such as the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) Teacher Voice and Pupil and Parent/Carer omnibus surveys which will report later this year.