The Government welcomes the Committee’s comments regarding the updated Relationships, Sex and Health Education (RSHE) statutory guidance and agrees that effective delivery is crucial to ensuring girls have an adequate understanding of their menstrual cycle. The updated guidance, which came into effect in September 2020, helps schools to develop and deliver an effective RSHE curriculum, ensuring that girls are taught about key menstrual health matters, including information on common menstrual disorders. The Department for Education (DfE) launched an initial £6m universal training programme for primary and secondary schools in the academic year 2019/20 to support the introduction of RSHE. Training was offered via a network of RSHE Lead Schools and also provided free online training resources. The training and resources included support on how to teach the menstrual wellbeing aspects of the curriculum. This was followed up by a further £3.3m of funding in the academic year 2020/21, enabling the RSHE Lead Schools to continue supporting their networks. DfE has also commissioned free online RSHE teacher training modules for primary and secondary teachers via their Teach Computing platform. These modules are specifically tailored to the statutory RSHE curriculum and include a module on menstrual wellbeing. The Government agrees that it is important that teachers are properly trained to deliver the curriculum effectively, including the menstrual health elements. The DfE has recently announced £2m to fund training for teachers of RSHE in 2024/25, with a particular focus on addressing topics where the latest data shows children and young people need more support, for example, on new online harms and mental health. DfE will work with DHSC to ensure that menstrual health is also considered in the further development of RSHE teacher training and resources. The Government acknowledges that schools may already be using their RSHE grant funding to support teacher training, and this will continue to be an option. DfE will work with stakeholders to promote effective training and resources to schools. It should be noted that the RSHE statutory guidance is currently being reviewed for suitability as part of wider plans to improve the quality of education on these important subjects. Once the review is complete, the Government will publish further detail on how it will be consulting to further update the guidance to provide greater clarity for schools and parents.