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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2020-03-04more like thismore than 2020-03-04
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Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 more like this
answering dept short name Education remove filter
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Pupils: Gender more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address sex stereotyping in schools. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Lucas more like this
uin HL2221 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2020-03-16more like thismore than 2020-03-16
answer text <p>From September 2020, it will be compulsory for all primary schools to teach relationships education and for all secondary schools to teach relationships and sex education. Health education will be compulsory in all state-funded schools. These subjects directly support the government’s ambitions to end discrimination against women and girls.</p><p> </p><p>Pupils will be taught about stereotypes, consent, mutual respect, management of conflict, sexual violence and laws relating to sex, relationships and young people in an age-appropriate way.</p><p> </p><p>The department’s careers strategy is clear that positive steps are being taken to tackle gender stereotypes in schools. For example, we are exploring how to close the gender divide in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) across educational and professional routes, such as through STEM apprenticeships and the new T levels.</p><p> </p><p>We are funding gender balance programmes in physics and computing which aim to identify practical interventions that schools can implement to improve girls’ participation in these subjects. We are also funding research that will help us to better understand what works to improve girls’ mathematics and physics A-level participation.</p>
answering member printed Baroness Berridge more like this
question first answered
less than 2020-03-16T16:27:26.817Zmore like thismore than 2020-03-16T16:27:26.817Z
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label Biography information for Baroness Berridge more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Lord Lucas more like this