Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce non-statutory guidance on a whole school approach for preventing violence against women and girls in education settings.

The department proposed to publish non-statutory guidance focusing on teaching about sexual harassment, sexual violence and violence against women and girls in response to a report by Ofsted into sexual abuse in schools and colleges following the tragic death of Sarah Everard. Once the current review of the Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) statutory guidance is complete, the department will consider how best to support schools to teach about this topic.

A new draft statutory RSHE guidance will be released at the earliest opportunity, which will then be subject to public consultation.