§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what steps are taken to ensure that practising schoolteachers in all types of school continue during their teaching service to be provided with adequate and correct information concerning children with epilepsy; [27647]
(2) what steps are taken to ensure that teachers in training are provided with adequate and correct information concerning children with epilepsy. [27646]
§ Mr. ForthThe Department is planning to issue later this year guidance on managing children who require medication in schools, which will help inform both serving and trainee teachers about epilepsy.
§ Mr. BattleTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps are taken to ensure that all pupils are in receipt within their school curriculum, of appropriate and correct epilepsy awareness information. [26789]
§ Mr. ForthThere is scope within national curriculum science for the teaching of issues which relate to health and well-being. Opportunities also exist within the wider curriculum, for example, through programmes of416W personal, social and health education, for schools to provide information about a broad range of health issues, including epilepsy.