diff --git a/admin/tool/lp/classes/competency.php b/admin/tool/lp/classes/competency.php
index 7324164247dc7..11295d3374198 100644
--- a/admin/tool/lp/classes/competency.php
+++ b/admin/tool/lp/classes/competency.php
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ protected static function define_properties() {
             ),
             'description' => array(
                 'default' => '',
-                'type' => PARAM_TEXT
+                'type' => PARAM_RAW
             ),
             'descriptionformat' => array(
                 'choices' => array(FORMAT_HTML, FORMAT_MOODLE, FORMAT_PLAIN, FORMAT_MARKDOWN),
diff --git a/admin/tool/lp/classes/competency_framework.php b/admin/tool/lp/classes/competency_framework.php
index c74d54667ee31..0a36a4b847441 100644
--- a/admin/tool/lp/classes/competency_framework.php
+++ b/admin/tool/lp/classes/competency_framework.php
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ protected static function define_properties() {
                 'type' => PARAM_TEXT
             ),
             'description' => array(
-                'type' => PARAM_TEXT,
+                'type' => PARAM_RAW,
                 'default' => ''
             ),
             'descriptionformat' => array(
diff --git a/admin/tool/lp/classes/external/exporter.php b/admin/tool/lp/classes/external/exporter.php
index f109de76d9df3..1cce2173ee1c4 100644
--- a/admin/tool/lp/classes/external/exporter.php
+++ b/admin/tool/lp/classes/external/exporter.php
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ final public function export(renderer_base $output) {
 
             $data->$property = $record->$property;
 
-            // If the field is PARAM_TEXT and has a format field.
+            // If the field is PARAM_RAW and has a format field.
             if ($propertyformat = self::get_format_field($properties, $property)) {
                 if (!property_exists($record, $propertyformat)) {
                     // Whoops, we got something that wasn't defined.
@@ -155,7 +155,6 @@ final public function export(renderer_base $output) {
                 $data->$property = $text;
                 $data->$propertyformat = $format;
 
-            // If it's a PARAM_TEXT without format field.
             } else if ($definition['type'] === PARAM_TEXT) {
                 if (!empty($definition['multiple'])) {
                     foreach ($data->$property as $key => $value) {
@@ -334,7 +333,7 @@ final protected static function get_context_structure() {
      */
     final protected static function get_format_field($definitions, $property) {
         $formatproperty = $property . 'format';
-        if ($definitions[$property]['type'] == PARAM_TEXT && isset($definitions[$formatproperty])
+        if ($definitions[$property]['type'] == PARAM_RAW && isset($definitions[$formatproperty])
                 && $definitions[$formatproperty]['type'] == PARAM_INT) {
             return $formatproperty;
         }
diff --git a/admin/tool/lp/classes/form/competency.php b/admin/tool/lp/classes/form/competency.php
index 0b7be07403285..a01f57d4b7d41 100644
--- a/admin/tool/lp/classes/form/competency.php
+++ b/admin/tool/lp/classes/form/competency.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public function definition() {
         $mform->addRule('shortname', null, 'required', null, 'client');
         $mform->addElement('editor', 'description',
                            get_string('description', 'tool_lp'), array('rows' => 4));
-        $mform->setType('description', PARAM_TEXT);
+        $mform->setType('description', PARAM_RAW);
         $mform->addElement('text', 'idnumber',
                            get_string('idnumber', 'tool_lp'));
         $mform->setType('idnumber', PARAM_TEXT);
diff --git a/admin/tool/lp/classes/form/competency_framework.php b/admin/tool/lp/classes/form/competency_framework.php
index fd9ad4daf8a3f..5ae3604d6ec1a 100644
--- a/admin/tool/lp/classes/form/competency_framework.php
+++ b/admin/tool/lp/classes/form/competency_framework.php
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public function definition() {
         $mform->addRule('shortname', null, 'required', null, 'client');
         $mform->addElement('editor', 'description',
                            get_string('description', 'tool_lp'), array('rows' => 4));
-        $mform->setType('description', PARAM_TEXT);
+        $mform->setType('description', PARAM_RAW);
         $mform->addElement('text', 'idnumber',
                            get_string('idnumber', 'tool_lp'));
         $mform->setType('idnumber', PARAM_TEXT);
diff --git a/admin/tool/lp/classes/form/plan.php b/admin/tool/lp/classes/form/plan.php
index fda7d5062a95d..5bbbb93fbc2c5 100644
--- a/admin/tool/lp/classes/form/plan.php
+++ b/admin/tool/lp/classes/form/plan.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public function definition() {
         $mform->setType('name', PARAM_TEXT);
         $mform->addRule('name', null, 'required', null, 'client');
         $mform->addElement('editor', 'description', get_string('plandescription', 'tool_lp'), array('rows' => 4));
-        $mform->setType('description', PARAM_TEXT);
+        $mform->setType('description', PARAM_RAW);
 
         $mform->addElement('date_time_selector', 'duedate', get_string('duedate', 'tool_lp'), array('optional' => true));
         $mform->addHelpButton('duedate', 'duedate', 'tool_lp');
diff --git a/admin/tool/lp/classes/form/template.php b/admin/tool/lp/classes/form/template.php
index 1ca86ef9cbaed..0e7f62afb590d 100644
--- a/admin/tool/lp/classes/form/template.php
+++ b/admin/tool/lp/classes/form/template.php
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public function definition() {
         $mform->addRule('shortname', null, 'required', null, 'client');
         $mform->addElement('editor', 'description',
                            get_string('description', 'tool_lp'), array('rows' => 4));
-        $mform->setType('description', PARAM_TEXT);
+        $mform->setType('description', PARAM_RAW);
         $mform->addElement('selectyesno', 'visible',
                            get_string('visible', 'tool_lp'));
         $mform->addElement('date_time_selector',
diff --git a/admin/tool/lp/classes/form/user_evidence.php b/admin/tool/lp/classes/form/user_evidence.php
index 932eb92bba91e..937dd0bc44ed0 100644
--- a/admin/tool/lp/classes/form/user_evidence.php
+++ b/admin/tool/lp/classes/form/user_evidence.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public function definition() {
 
         $mform->addElement('editor', 'description', get_string('userevidencedescription', 'tool_lp'), array('rows' => 10));
         // TODO MDL-52454 Make PARAM_RAW.
-        $mform->setType('description', PARAM_TEXT);
+        $mform->setType('description', PARAM_RAW);
 
         $mform->addElement('url', 'url', get_string('userevidenceurl', 'tool_lp'), array(), array('usefilepicker' => false));
         $mform->setType('url', PARAM_RAW_TRIMMED);      // Can not use PARAM_URL, it silently converts bad URLs to ''.
diff --git a/admin/tool/lp/classes/persistent.php b/admin/tool/lp/classes/persistent.php
index eb24433433951..6755ba47259a4 100644
--- a/admin/tool/lp/classes/persistent.php
+++ b/admin/tool/lp/classes/persistent.php
@@ -232,8 +232,7 @@ final public static function get_formatted_properties() {
         $formatted = array();
         foreach ($properties as $property => $definition) {
             $propertyformat = $property . 'format';
-            // TODO MDL-52454 Check PARAM_RAW.
-            if ($definition['type'] == PARAM_TEXT && array_key_exists($propertyformat, $properties)
+            if ($definition['type'] == PARAM_RAW && array_key_exists($propertyformat, $properties)
                     && $properties[$propertyformat]['type'] == PARAM_INT) {
                 $formatted[$property] = $propertyformat;
             }
diff --git a/admin/tool/lp/classes/plan.php b/admin/tool/lp/classes/plan.php
index 8583ff1a3df09..10f9b403a5e65 100644
--- a/admin/tool/lp/classes/plan.php
+++ b/admin/tool/lp/classes/plan.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ protected static function define_properties() {
                 'type' => PARAM_TEXT,
             ),
             'description' => array(
-                'type' => PARAM_TEXT,
+                'type' => PARAM_RAW,
                 'default' => ''
             ),
             'descriptionformat' => array(
diff --git a/admin/tool/lp/classes/template.php b/admin/tool/lp/classes/template.php
index 1108fdeab3480..568fdc8dcafa7 100644
--- a/admin/tool/lp/classes/template.php
+++ b/admin/tool/lp/classes/template.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ protected static function define_properties() {
             ),
             'description' => array(
                 'default' => '',
-                'type' => PARAM_TEXT,
+                'type' => PARAM_RAW,
             ),
             'descriptionformat' => array(
                 'choices' => array(FORMAT_HTML, FORMAT_MOODLE, FORMAT_PLAIN, FORMAT_MARKDOWN),
diff --git a/admin/tool/lp/classes/user_evidence.php b/admin/tool/lp/classes/user_evidence.php
index 61e19d8ec16b6..823765e10e9a1 100644
--- a/admin/tool/lp/classes/user_evidence.php
+++ b/admin/tool/lp/classes/user_evidence.php
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ protected static function define_properties() {
                 'type' => PARAM_TEXT
             ),
             'description' => array(
-                'type' => PARAM_TEXT,       // TODO MDL-52454 Make PARAM_RAW.
+                'type' => PARAM_RAW,
                 'default' => '',
             ),
             'descriptionformat' => array(
diff --git a/admin/tool/lp/templates/competency_summary.mustache b/admin/tool/lp/templates/competency_summary.mustache
index 429d0f2fa6040..5606cfa7088ae 100644
--- a/admin/tool/lp/templates/competency_summary.mustache
+++ b/admin/tool/lp/templates/competency_summary.mustache
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 <p><strong>{{competency.shortname}} <em>{{competency.idnumber}}</em></strong></p>
-<p>{{competency.description}}</p>
+<p>{{{competency.description}}}</p>
 
 {{#framework}}
 <p><strong>{{framework.shortname}}</strong></p>
-<p>{{framework.description}}</p>
+<p>{{{framework.description}}}</p>
 {{/framework}}
 
 {{#showrelatedcompetencies}}
diff --git a/admin/tool/lp/templates/plan_page.mustache b/admin/tool/lp/templates/plan_page.mustache
index d59310cab44e7..96caba22fd41c 100644
--- a/admin/tool/lp/templates/plan_page.mustache
+++ b/admin/tool/lp/templates/plan_page.mustache
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
             {{/plan.template}}
             {{#description}}
                 <dt>{{#str}}description{{/str}}</dt>
-                <dd>{{plan.description}}</dd>
+                <dd>{{{plan.description}}}</dd>
             {{/description}}
         </dl>
     </div>
diff --git a/admin/tool/lp/templates/user_evidence_page.mustache b/admin/tool/lp/templates/user_evidence_page.mustache
index ce7d849089c31..6a6ab4875d4a1 100644
--- a/admin/tool/lp/templates/user_evidence_page.mustache
+++ b/admin/tool/lp/templates/user_evidence_page.mustache
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     <div data-region="user-evidence-summary">
         {{#description}}
             <div>
-                {{description}}
+                {{{description}}}
             </div>
         {{/description}}
         <ul class="user-evidence-documents">