Kate Dearden MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Non-teaching Staff: HalifaxDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of trends in the level of (a) recruitment and (b) retention of school support staff in (i) Halifax constituency and (ii) England in each of the the last five years.
Answer: The full-time equivalent (FTE) of support staff has increased each year since 2019/20, reaching 510,400 in 2023/24, and has now passed the previous peak of 2015/16. This is an increase of 4,800 (0.9%) since last year. This increase is mainly due to an inc...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordChildren's Centres: HalifaxDepartment for EducationTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Sure Start centres have closed in Halifax constituency since May 2010; and the (a) name and (b) postcode of each centre.
Answer: Data on children’s centres is supplied by local authorities via the department’s Get Information about Schools (GIAS) database portal. This portal can be found here: https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/. Based on information supplied by Cal...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
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