A QUESTION on whether parents are aware that schools in Pembrokeshire may be able to allow pupils as young as 13 access to free condoms will be heard by councillors next week.
C-cards allow young people to get free condoms from a range of places, including schools, colleges, pharmacies and sexual health clinics.
In a submitted question, to be heard at the July 13 meeting of full council, Hubberston councillor Viv Stoddart will ask: “During council on October 13, 2022, I asked about the current provision of C-cards in the county’s secondary schools, now there has been change in the age range (initially 14 upwards) so that children as young as 13 can now access contraceptives without their parents’ knowledge or consent.
“In April 2015 the council’s then Safeguarding Overview and Scrutiny Committee recommended that our secondary schools included clear details in their prospectuses of the C-card scheme.
“If the lowering of the age to 13 to obtain condoms has been implemented in Pembrokeshire, how many of our secondary schools have made amendments/revised their information on the C-cards scheme (as recommended by scrutiny in 2015) to inform parents that the age at which their children can be provided with free condoms alongside sexual health advice has dropped from 14 to 13?”
Cllr Stoddart will also ask a question related to the controversial Relationship and Sex Education lessons in schools.
Cllr Stoddart’s question will ask: “Will the Cabinet member for Education and the Welsh Language list outside agencies who have/are providing training and resources on Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) to our teachers and schools?”
