Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he plans to take steps to ensure that testing, treatment and prevention will be covered thoroughly enough in Relationships and Sex Education to reduce Sexually Transmitted Infections in young people; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Pupils need to know how to protect their own mental and physical health, they need to know what activities, behaviours and circumstances can risk these and they need to know when and how to seek help both for themselves and others.
At secondary school, by introducing health education alongside relationships and sex education (RSE), the Government will ensure that pupils are taught age appropriate knowledge about sexual health. In health education, this includes the benefits of regular self-examination and screening, and the facts and science relating to immunisation and vaccination. This is complemented by content in RSE about how sexually transmitted infections are passed on and treated, how risks can be reduced, the importance of and facts about testing and prevalence and the impact sexually transmitted infections can have on those who contract them. This will be set in the context of how to get further advice, including how and where to access advice and treatment.
The Department is committed to supporting schools to deliver high quality teaching of relationships education, RSE and health education. A budget of £6 million has been allocated in 2019/20 financial year to develop a programme of support for schools. Further funding beyond the next financial year is a matter of the forthcoming Spending Review.
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) all children and (b) children eligible for free school meals reached a Good Level of Development at age five in North Norfolk in each of the last three years.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
The requested data is shown in the attached tables.
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many meetings he held with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 December 2018 and 28 February 2019.
Answered by Anne Milton
My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has not had any one-to-one meetings with the Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 December 2018 and 28 February 2019. However, during this time, the Chief Scientific Adviser has been present at two meetings my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education has held with officials, and regularly provides written advice.
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Royal College of Psychiatrists briefing entitled Children and young people's mental health, published in November 2018, what plans his Department has to ensure the timely roll-out of designated senior leads and mental health support teams in schools; and whether his Department has a timetable for the roll-out of such initiatives in every school.
Answered by Nick Gibb
Over the next five years the NHS will fund new Mental Health Support Teams working in schools and colleges which will be rolled out to between one fifth and a quarter of England by 2023. This will start with 25 trailblazer areas which will be fully operational by the end of 2019. Next steps for roll out are being considered as part of the NHS long term plan and will be informed by the evaluation of the initial trailblazers.
The designated senior lead for mental health training will be available from the academic year 2019/20, over a five-year period, so that all schools and colleges have the chance to train a lead.
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many meetings he had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 September and 30 November 2018.
Answered by Anne Milton
My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State has not had any one-to-one meetings with the Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 September – 30 November 2018.
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) children and (b) children eligible for free school meals reached a good level of development at age five in North Norfolk in each of the last three years.
Answered by Nadhim Zahawi
The requested data is shown in the attached table.
Results at local authority level for academic year 2017/18 are due to be published on Thursday 29 November.