House of Lords written question – answered at on 5 July 2012.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether child marriages or forced marriage will be included in the personal, social and health education school curriculum.
Personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education is taught on a non-statutory basis, and therefore schools are free to decide on what they teach in PSHE education. Our current programmes of study, which many schools follow, propose that pupils are taught about the importance of respect and consent within relationships; and about the nature of marriage and other stable, loving partnerships.
We are reviewing PSHE education, to determine how we can improve the quality of all PSHE teaching. As part of the review, we are revising the current guidance on sex and relationships education (to which schools must have regard) in order to strengthen the teaching of relationships, positive parenting and sexual consent.
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