The government's decision last month to reject calls to make personal, social, health and economic (PSHE) education statutory caused an outcry from teaching experts and children's organisations.
Rather than make PSHE education a timetabled subject, the government believes the focus needs to be on improving the quality of teaching of the subject.
In a letter sent to the education select committee, Education Secretary Nicky Morgan justified the government's stance by saying that making PSHE education statutory "would do little to tackle the most pressing problems with the subject, which are to do with the variable quality of its provision".
Her letter went on to outline plans the government has in the pipeline for improving PSHE teaching and ensuring it is relevant to young people's needs today.
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