§ Sir Richard BodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the material used in the workshop on sexuality supported by the European Commission, as detained in COM(96)720; and what funds were used to support the project. [6095]
§ Ms JowellWe understand that the workshop on sexuality was a project submitted in 1993 to the European Commission by a Spanish non-governmental organisation, and that it received funding in 1994 of 61,301 ECU (£43,830 at current exchange rates). From the information available, the purpose of the project was to train instructors in providing sex education for 13 to 21 years olds with the aim of preventing HIV/AIDS and of enabling young people to discover values to assist them in their personal sexual development. The materials used included three videos about love and sexuality and a guidebook for trainers. We are informed that 56 people were trained under the project in Spain, and 10 in the United Kingdom.
As we have not been able to obtain much information about the project in the time available, I will write to the hon. Member shortly with further details.