Question follow-through · 86732

Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to pages 37 of her Department's statutory guidance entitled Relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education, updated on 15 July 2025, if she has made an assessment of the potential mer

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
30 Oct 2025
Target answer date
3 Nov 2025
Answer
17 Nov 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 30 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to pages 37 of her Department's statutory guidance entitled Relationships and sex education (RSE) and health education, updated on 15 July 2025, if she has made an assessment of the potential mer

  2. 3 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 17 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    All state funded schools are required to teach first aid as part of the statutory health education set out in the relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) statutory guidance. Independent schools are required to cover health education as part of thei...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Overseas Students

3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the proportion of students who are international students in each of the past five years.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Higher Education: Workplace Pensions

3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many higher education institutions have sought to withdraw staff from the Teachers’ Pension Scheme in each of the past four quarters.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Teachers: Pay

3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate she has made of the average pay gap between further education college lecturers and school teachers.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Teachers: Pay

3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to provide additional funding to colleges for staff pay.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Teachers: Pay

19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 117426, Teachers: Pay, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of binding collective bargaining arrangements in further education.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Teachers: Pay

19 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 117426, Teachers: Pay, what assessment she has made of the impact of differences in pay between further education college lecturers and school teachers on sta

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

First Aid: Secondary Education

21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered including knife wound first response as part of mandatory training for secondary school education under the statutory guidance of common injuries.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

First Aid: Secondary Education

21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered including first responses to road traffic accidents as part of mandatory training for secondary school education.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

First Aid: Secondary Education

21 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has considered including medical first response to drug misuse as part of mandatory first-aid training in secondary schools.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Multi-academy Trusts: Decision Taking

16 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department will be publishing new guidance for commissioning decisions regarding academy trusts.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Multi-academy Trusts: Pay

16 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an estimate of how many multi-academy trusts currently offer executive salaries above £174,000.