§ Ms. RichardsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what information is available on the tampon industry's schools education programme; and if information on toxic shock syndrome is incorporated into schools curricula.
§ Mr. ForthTeaching about the use of sanitary protection would normally be covered within a school's programme of sex education. Under section 18(2) of the Education (No. 2) Act 1986, responsibility for determining an individual school's policy on the content and organisation of sex education rests with the school governing body.