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date	04/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Relationships and Sex Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many academies and free schools have a clause in their funding agreement requiring the teaching of sex and relationship education.
tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
uin	HL5951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2016 answer text <p>All academies and free schools are required through their funding agreement to teach a broad and balanced curriculum and to have regard to the statutory guidance issued under the Education Act 1996, as if the academy were a maintained school. The Secretary of State’s statutory guidance (2000) makes clear that sex and relationship education is essential for children’s development and preparation for responsible adult life – and that it should be taught appropriately to children's age and maturity.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 15/02/2016 15:11:32 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

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date	04/02/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Further Education
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the requirement for all learners who did not achieve a Level 2 in English and maths by the age of 16 to continue to study those subjects post-16 since its introduction.
tabling member printed	Baroness Rebuck
uin	HL5956
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>We publish analysis on English and maths attainment by students aged 16 to 18 who did not achieve A* to C by the end of key stage 4 in an annual experimental Statistical First Release. The latest release (relating to 2013/14) is attached and also available online. [1]</p><p> </p><p>The next publication will provide data relating to 2014/15, the first year of the English and maths requirement.</p><p> </p><p>The English and maths requirement has had a positive effect on attainment. In 2015, for 17-year-olds and over, entries in maths were up 30% while English entries rose by 23%. Last year there were over 4,000 more passes in English by students aged 17 and over and over 7,500 more maths passes.</p><p> </p><p>We also monitor in-year management information returns from further education institutions. In 2014/15, 97% of 16 to 19-year-olds without GCSE A*-C English and/or maths attending an FE institution continued their study of these subjects.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/level-1-and-2-english-and-maths-16-to-18-students-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/level-1-and-2-english-and-maths-16-to-18-students-2013-to-2014</a>.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 23/02/2016 15:19:21 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash attachment 1 file name PQ_HL5956_Statistical_First_Release_35_2015.pdf title Statistical First Release 35/2015
tabling member	4332 label Biography information for Baroness Rebuck