Question follow-through · 23690

Relationships and Sex Education

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of sex education and sexual health programmes in England in relation to pleasure-inclusivity.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

About this written question

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
8 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of sex education and sexual health programmes in England in relation to pleasure-inclusivity.

  2. 8 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    No such assessments have been made.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

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