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1259645

registered interest
date	09/12/2020
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Bullying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps his Department is taking to tackle bullying of (a) LGBT and (b) other students in schools.
tabling member constituency	Darlington
tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
uin	127659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2020 answer text <p>The government has sent a clear message that bullying should never be tolerated, and we are committed to supporting schools to tackle it. All schools are legally required to have a <br> behaviour policy with measures to prevent all forms of bullying, and have the freedom to develop their own anti-bullying strategies and monitoring approaches to best suit their environment. The department provides advice for schools, which outlines schools’ responsibilities. The advice makes clear that schools should make appropriate provision for a bullied child's social, emotional and mental health needs. It is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying</a>.</p><p>We have published a research report which details common strategies that specific schools have found to be effective for combating bullying, including case studies with examples about actions schools have taken to improve preventative practices and support for LGBT pupils. It is available here: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/approaches-to-preventing-and-tackling-bullying" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/approaches-to-preventing-and-tackling-bullying.</a></p><p>We have also published ‘Respectful School Communities’, a self-review and signposting tool to support schools to develop a whole-school approach which promotes respect and discipline. This can combat bullying, harassment and prejudice of any kind, including hate-based bullying. It is available here: <a href="https://educateagainsthate.com/school-leaders/?filter=guidance-and-training-school-leaders" target="_blank">https://educateagainsthate.com/school-leaders/?filter=guidance-and-training-school-leaders</a>.</p><p>On 7 June, we announced more than £750,000 for the Diana Award, the Anti-Bullying Alliance and the Anne Frank Trust - to help hundreds of schools and colleges build relationships between pupils, boost their resilience, and continue to tackle bullying both in person and online. This includes projects targeting bullying of particular groups, such as those with SEND, those who are victims of hate related bullying and those pupils who identify as LGBT.</p><p>We are also making sure that all children in England will learn about respectful relationships, in person and online, as part of new mandatory Relationships, Sex and Health Education. This includes content on the different types of bullying, the impact it has, the responsibility of bystanders, and how to get help.</p><p>We are investing £10 million through behaviour hubs. Schools with exemplary positive behaviour cultures can work closely with schools that want to turn around their behaviour, alongside a central offer of support and a taskforce of advisers. The aim is to improve their culture, and spread good practice across the country. ​The first hubs are planned to launch in spring 2021, and will run for an initial period of 3 years.</p><p>The Government Equalities Office invested £4 million over 4 years, from 2016, to support schools in preventing and addressing homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying, reaching 2250 schools in England. This funding concluded in March 2020, and the Department for Education is currently evaluating next steps, as the department responsible for anti-bullying in schools. The department will confirm what funding is available for the financial year 2021-22, in light of the Spending Review outcome. We will also consider what more the department can do to ensure that schools have the right support to prevent bullying of pupils with protected characteristics.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chelmsford answering member printed Vicky Ford question first answered 18/12/2020 10:29:39 answering member 4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford
tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1184229

registered interest
date	11/03/2020
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Pupils: Bullying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps she is taking to tackle (a) homophobic and (b) transphobic bullying in schools.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Scott Benton
uin	901480
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2020 answer text <p>Since 2016, the government has funded a programme supporting primary and secondary schools in England to tackle homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. The programme has reached over 1,800 schools so far. I am clear that no child should be bullied for any reason at all.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 11/03/2020 14:30:21 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4793 label Biography information for Scott Benton

1122164

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Bullying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the implications for Government policies of the conclusions of the report, The Causal Effects of Adolescent School Bullying Victimisation on Later Life Outcomes by the Institute of Labor Economics.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	245680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Education has not held any specific discussions with the Department for Work and Pensions about this report, but officials and ministers regularly meet counterparts to discuss a wide range of issues.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s 'Preventing and tackling bullying' guidance sets out out that bullying can be a barrier to pupils’ education and have serious consequences for their mental health. Bullying which takes place at school can have a lasting effect on lives well into adulthood. This guidance includes a clear message that bullying, for whatever reason, is unacceptable and should never be tolerated. All schools are legally required to have a behaviour policy with measures to prevent all forms of bullying.</p><p> </p><p>The Department supports schools to tackle bullying. In addition to updating the Department’s guidance, steps have been taken to strengthen teachers' powers to enforce discipline and promote good behaviour; and the Government is providing over £2.8 million of funding between September 2016 and March 2020 to four anti-bullying organisations to support schools to tackle bullying.</p><p>The Government is also making relationships education compulsory in all primary schools, relationships and sex education compulsory in all secondary schools and health education compulsory in all state-funded schools in England. Under content regarding respectful relationships, the draft guidance sets out that pupils should know about the different types of bullying, the impact it has, the responsibility of bystanders and how to get help.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 25/04/2019 16:01:14 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

918545

registered interest
date	06/06/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Bullying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of introducing a programme of appearance-related bullying workshops in schools to counter the bullying and stigma faced by children with visible facial difference.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	150740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>Bullying for any reason is unacceptable and all schools are legally required to have a behaviour policy with measures to prevent all forms of bullying among pupils. They have the freedom to develop their own anti-bullying strategies appropriate to their school and are held to account by Ofsted.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has published guidance to help schools develop their own anti-bullying strategies which can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying</a>. There is also a grant programme that offers £1.75 million over two years for four anti-bullying organisations to support schools tackle bullying. Funding includes projects targeting bullying of particular groups, such as those with special educational needs and disability and those who are victims of hate related to bullying, along with a project to report bullying online.</p><p>It is for school leaders to identify the motivations for bullying in their schools and to prioritise those issues when developing a strategy that will work best for their pupils. It is for schools to decide whether to hold an appearance-related bullying workshop as part of that strategy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 15/06/2018 12:06:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

837595

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Pupils: Bullying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what recent steps her Department has taken to tackle the bullying of LGBTQ children in schools.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	126714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government has sent a clear message to schools that bullying, for whatever reason, is unacceptable. It can have a devastating effect on individuals, blight their education and have serious consequences for their mental health.</p><p>All schools are legally required to have a behaviour policy with measures to prevent all forms of bullying among pupils. They have the freedom to develop their own anti-bullying strategies appropriate to their environment but are held to account via Ofsted</p><p>In September 2016, we announced a £3 million programme from 2016-2019 to prevent and address homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in a sustainable way. This programme focuses on primary and secondary schools in England that currently have no or few effective measures in place. <br>Six grantees have been funded as part of the programme to deliver interventions in at least 200 schools each. The grantees are Barnardo’s, LGBT Consortium, Metro Charity, National Children’s Bureau, Proud Trust and Stonewall.</p> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 15/02/2018 12:13:14 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

806346

registered interest
date	13/12/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Bullying
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what actions they are taking to assist society in tackling homophobic and transphobic bullying in schools.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL4144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/12/2017 answer text <p>Homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying is unacceptable and the government is committed to tackling it.</p><p>Individuals who are, or are perceived to be, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, are disproportionately affected by bullying. Bullying can have a devastating effect on individuals, blighting their education and damaging their mental health.</p><p>In September 2016, we announced a £3 million programme from 2016-2019 to prevent and address homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in a sustainable way. This programme focuses on primary and secondary schools in England, which currently have no or few effective measures in place.</p><p>We have published new cyberbullying guidance, attached, and an online safety toolkit for schools is available at: <a href="http://www.childnet.com/resources/school-pack-for-online-safety-awareness" target="_blank">http://www.childnet.com/resources/school-pack-for-online-safety-awareness</a>. Funded by government and developed by the UK Safer Internet Centre, these resources will help provide advice to schools on understanding, preventing and responding to cyberbullying.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton question first answered 27/12/2017 13:58:48 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton attachment 1 file name HL4144 Cyberbullying-guidance.pdf title Cyberbullying, Understand, Prevent and Respond
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

800864

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Pupils: Bullying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment has been made of the merits of the Church of England's recent guidance to nursery and primary school teachers on transphobic bullying.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	902815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2017 answer text <p>The Church of England Education Office issued an updated version of their Valuing All God’s Children guidance in November 2017. This guidance is designed to support primary and secondary schools in addressing homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying. The new guidance reflects the latest equalities legislation, enabling schools to be inclusive environments where all pupils are treated with dignity and respect in line with the Church of England’s Vision for Education.</p><p>The guidance has been distributed to every Church of England primary and secondary school along with every Diocesan Director of Education. This guidance has been welcomed by the schools and Directors of Education. Training to accompany the guidance will be rolled out to dioceses and schools from February next year.</p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 07/12/2017 11:04:38 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

784367

registered interest
date	31/10/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Bullying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	901617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2017 answer text <p>In July we published our omnibus survey of pupils and their parents. 17% of pupils said they had seen someone being bullied, at least monthly, because “they are, or someone says they are, gay, lesbian or bisexual”. 5% said the same “because they are, or someone says, they are transgender”.</p><p> </p><p>We are not able to assess trends as this was the first time these questions were included. We plan to repeat this annually.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 06/11/2017 17:25:12 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

759686

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Bullying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of bullying in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools since 2010.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	10107
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Our most recent assessments of the levels of bullying in schools were published in July this year within The National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER) Teacher Voice Survey and the Omnibus Survey of Pupils and their Parents / Carers.</p><p> </p><p>Questions in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/625908/NFER_Teacher_Voice_report_November_2016.pdf" target="_blank">NFER Teacher Voice Omnibus</a> and a senior leader booster survey found that for each type of bullying asked about, the majority of respondents said they had rarely or never seen them occurring amongst pupils over the previous 12 months. This ranged from 73% of respondents saying they had rarely or never seen bullying based on sexist or sexual language, to 94% of respondents who said they had rarely or never seen anti-Semitic bullying. The most commonly observed form of bullying was sexist/related to sexual language with 27% reporting seeing it ‘sometimes’, ‘often’ or ‘very often’. For all types of bullying asked about in the survey, the proportion of respondents saying they had seen or received reports of them occurring in the last 12 months was higher in secondary schools than primary schools.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/626068/PPC_Omnibus_Wave_2_Report.pdf" target="_blank">Omnibus Survey of Pupils and their Parents/Carers</a> found that nearly half of pupils (45%) said they had been bullied at least once in the past year. This survey did not cover primary age pupils.</p><p>Although we plan to ask these questions on an annual basis going forward, this was the first time these surveys have asked about levels of bullying and so we do not have comparable data to assess trends.</p><p>However, a separate survey published in 2015 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bullying-evidence-from-lsype2-wave-2" target="_blank">wave 2 results from the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England 2 </a>(LSYPE 2) - compared bullying among two cohorts of 14 year olds (year 10) from 2004 and 2014. It found that 30,000 fewer people in year 10 said they had been bullied in the last twelve months - a drop from 41% in 2004 to 36% in 2014. The analysis of later LSYPE2 waves will also include bullying figures. These findings will be published when the analysis is complete and quality assured.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/10/2017 12:21:53 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

754634

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Pupils: Bullying
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to tackle bullying in schools on the basis of (a) gender, (b) sexuality, (c) gender identity and (d) gender expression.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	6636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government is clear that all forms of bullying, for whatever reason, is unacceptable and should not be tolerated in our schools.</p><p>All schools are required by law to have a behaviour policy with measures to prevent bullying among pupils. Schools develop their own anti-bullying strategies and are held to account for their effectiveness through Ofsted.</p><p>The Public Sector Equality Duty requires public bodies, including schools, to have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, harassment, victimisation and any other conduct prohibited by the Equalities Act. Public sector bodies must also advance equality of opportunity between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it and foster good relations between people who share a protected characteristic and people who do not share it.</p><p>In response to the Women and Equalities Select Committee inquiry into sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools, we have collected additional data on different types of bullying through pupil, parent and teacher voice surveys. The ‘Pupils and their parents or carers omnibus survey wave 2’ and ‘Teacher voice omnibus: November 2016 survey’ results were published in July 2017. They can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupils-and-their-parents-or-carers-omnibus-wave-1-survey" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/pupils-and-their-parents-or-carers-omnibus-wave-1-survey</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-voice-omnibus-november-2016-survey-dfe-questions" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/teacher-voice-omnibus-november-2016-survey-dfe-questions</a>.</p><p>We have also published updated bullying guidance for schools, which makes it clear that incidents of sexual harassment should be covered by school bullying policies.</p><p>The Department acknowledges that individuals who are, or perceived to be, LGBT, are disproportionately affected by bullying. Bullying can have a negative effect on individuals, blighting their education and damaging their mental health.</p><p>In September 2016, the Government Equalities Office announced a £3.0 million programme from 2016-2019 to prevent and address homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in a sustainable way. This programme focuses on primary and secondary schools in England which currently have no, or ineffective, measures in place.</p><p>Additionally, the Government is also talking directly to young people to challenge attitudes about abuse and consent. This year the Home Office launched the third phase of their campaign ‘Disrespect NoBody’, which aims to prevent the onset of domestic violence in adults by challenging attitudes and behaviour amongst teenage boys and girls and which emphasises that abuse in relationships is unacceptable.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 09/09/2017 12:28:43 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran