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<p>We recognise that appropriately supporting all children in schools can involve
balancing complex and sensitive matters. The Government continues to work across departments
and with the LGBT sector to better understand these issues and how best we can support
schools. The Secretary of State for Education has recently written to the Chair of
the Equality and Human Rights Commission to accept her offer of advice as they determine
their next steps in this area and other equalities issues for schools.</p><p>The Equality
and Human Rights Commission is the independent regulator for equality law and regularly
issues guidance on areas of equality law that span across several sectors.</p><p>It
is not unusual for regulators and the Government to engage on relevant issues nor
for Government departments to issue guidance relevant to their specific briefs. In
this specific instance, that approach will enable Department for Education sectoral
expertise, on safeguarding for example, to be taken fully into account in any next
steps.</p>
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