Written questions

Skin Cancer: Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education

Commons · Question 81731 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 23 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Gregory Stafford

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to help consistent teaching of (a) safe and unsafe exposure to the sun and (b) how to reduce the risk of sun damage as outlined in the mandatory PHSE curriculum for primary schools.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 23 Oct 2025

As part of the revised relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) statutory guidance, published on 15 July, schools must now teach facts about safe and unsafe exposure to the sun, and how to reduce the risk of sun damage, including skin cancer. In sec...