To ask the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety to detail (i) the funding allocated to the Public Health Agency to deliver sexual health education in schools; (ii) the proportion of money allocated which remained unused; and (iii) which schools have utilised the services of the Public Health Agency to provide sexual health education, in each of the last three years.

My Department does not allocate a specific amount of funding to the PHA to deliver sexual health education in schools. A regional training programme to support teachers and schools to meet their statutory responsibility for Relationship and Sexuality Education is provided by the Sexual Health Team in Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. This is done in partnership with the Education Authority and local Health and Social Care Trust Health Improvement Departments. The model consists of a teacher training course followed by Whole School Training. The Public Health Agency provides an annual contribution of £17,687 to cover backfill for teachers attending the training course. A list of schools trained in each of the last three years is below.

List of schools provided by Belfast Health and Social Care Trust.