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Relationships and Sex Education: North East

Commons · Question 87487 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Department for Education · Official record

Answered 11 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Joe Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with relevant stakeholders on relationships education in schools in (a) Hexham constituency, (b) Northumberland, (c) Newcastle and (d) the North East.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 11 Nov 2025

​​​It is compulsory for schools to teach relationships education for primary school pupils, relationships and sex education for secondary school pupils and health education for all pupils in state-funded schools.​The department held roundtables with a num...