Question follow-through · 488

Non-teaching Staff: Halifax

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.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
17 Jul 2024
Target answer date
22 Jul 2024
Answer
26 Jul 2024 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 17 Jul 2024

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 22 Jul 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 26 Jul 2024

    Answer published

    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...

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