Statutory powers and legislation that allows teaching of explicit and inappropriate sexual health and parenthood (RSHP) education to under 16's per CfE
Dear Moray Council,
Per FOISA please provide me with information contained in your records as follows:
Please provide statutory powers and legislation that gives all local authority education and Schools per Curriculum for Excellence, the legal authority to teach explicit and inappropriate sexual health and parenthood (RSHP) education to the extent that teachers are producing sex toys in class to children age 16 and under, in schools?
Please advise at what age or equivalent nursery/Primary year/High School year that explicit and inappropriate sexual health and parenthood (RSHP) education commenced in Scotland per CfE?
Yours faithfully,
[name removed]
[name removed]
Title: Legislation for Explicit Sexual Health and Parenthood (RSHP) Education
Reference: 101003223981
Dear [name removed]
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002
Thank you for your information request Legislation for Explicit Sexual Health and Parenthood (RSHP) Education received 2023-01-24. This is being dealt with in terms of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
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Yours sincerely
Imke Henderson
Information Co-ordinator
01343 563110
The Moray Council
[Moray Council request email]
Reference: 101003223795
Dear [name removed]
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002
Thank you for your information request concerning Statutory Powers for Teaching of LGBTQ+ dated 2023-01-26. This is being dealt with under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
The response to your information request can be found on the Council's website http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/p... (please note that it can take up to 1 hour for the website to update).
Please note that The Moray Council owns copyright in the material supplied in response to your enquiry unless otherwise stated. The supply of documents and information by the Council does not give the person or organisation who receives them the right to re-use the documents in a way which would infringe copyright under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Such material is not to be used commercially without permission from the copyright holder.
Should this information be reused for commercial purposes the information will be subject to the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015. Under these regulations the Council is entitled to charge a fee for the re-use of information.
If you are dissatisfied in any way with the manner in which the Council has dealt with your request for information, you are entitled to ask the Council to review its actions and decisions. If you would like a review of the decision please write to the Information Governance Manager and Data Protection Officer, Elgin Library, Cooper Park, Elgin, IV30 1HS, or email [email address]. A review panel will convene and has 20 working days to consider and respond to your appeal. All appeal requests must be made in writing.
If you are still dissatisfied with the outcome of this review, then you may appeal within 6 months by writing to the Scottish Information Commissioner via their online appeal service at www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal or to Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9DS.
Further information on the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 can be obtained by visiting www.moray.gov.uk or the Scottish Information Commissioner's website, www.itspublicknowledge.info.
Yours sincerely
Jacqui Graham
Information Co-ordinator
01343 563110
The Moray Council
[Moray Council request email]
Dear Moray Council,
Thank you for your response;
Response 10-02-2023
1. All schools follow the Scottish Government RSHP programme – there is not explicit lessons around LGBTQ+. It does mention that families comprise of different combinations – mum+dad, only mum, only dad, other family members, carers, dad+dad and mum+mum.
If individual children raise questions regarding LGBTQ+ then this is dealt with separately, sensitively and privately as schools are aware that some parents have concerns about their children receiving teaching about this.
In secondary schools, this will look differently due to more individuals identifying as different genders etc., but again they are following the national programme.
In Moray there has not been an agreement on what LGBTQ+ programme will be taught. This is still very much part of the discussion and wider consultation to be had with the Equalities and Diversity Group leading, and also working alongside the Northern Alliance groups and Education Scotland group, to ensure that it is appropriate and meets the needs. Any programme will have a parental consultation and would have to be approved by the LNCT.
2. Any ‘teaching’ would be in secondary school, where the context has identified a need and in line with national guidance.
Therefore you have confirmed there are no statutory powers or legislation that allows you to teach the kind of content that you are doing.
Many thanks
Yours faithfully,
[name removed]
[name removed]
Reference: 101003223981
Dear [name removed]
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002
Thank you for your information request concerning Legislation for Explicit Sexual Health and Parenthood (RSHP) Education dated 2023-01-26. This is being dealt with under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
The response to your information request can be found on the Council's website http://www.moray.gov.uk/moray_standard/p... (please note that it can take up to 1 hour for the website to update).
Please note that The Moray Council owns copyright in the material supplied in response to your enquiry unless otherwise stated. The supply of documents and information by the Council does not give the person or organisation who receives them the right to re-use the documents in a way which would infringe copyright under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Such material is not to be used commercially without permission from the copyright holder.
Should this information be reused for commercial purposes the information will be subject to the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015. Under these regulations the Council is entitled to charge a fee for the re-use of information.
If you are dissatisfied in any way with the manner in which the Council has dealt with your request for information, you are entitled to ask the Council to review its actions and decisions. If you would like a review of the decision please write to the Information Governance Manager and Data Protection Officer, Elgin Library, Cooper Park, Elgin, IV30 1HS, or email [email address]. A review panel will convene and has 20 working days to consider and respond to your appeal. All appeal requests must be made in writing.
If you are still dissatisfied with the outcome of this review, then you may appeal within 6 months by writing to the Scottish Information Commissioner via their online appeal service at www.itspublicknowledge.info/Appeal or to Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9DS.
Further information on the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 can be obtained by visiting www.moray.gov.uk or the Scottish Information Commissioner's website, www.itspublicknowledge.info.
Yours sincerely
Imke Henderson
Information Co-ordinator
01343 563110
The Moray Council
[Moray Council request email]
Dear Moray Council,
This was not an additional request, it was clarification of your response given on your own public disclosure and not on WDTK, and thanking you for that confirmation.
Yours faithfully,
[name removed]
[name removed]
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