Question follow-through · 1978
Teachers
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the amount of time teachers are allocated to undertake (a) planning, (b) preparation and (c) assessment.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 26 Jul 2024
- Target answer date
- 30 Jul 2024
- Answer
- 5 Aug 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Jul 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the amount of time teachers are allocated to undertake (a) planning, (b) preparation and (c) assessment.
30 Jul 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Aug 2024
Answer published
All teachers who participate in the teaching of pupils are entitled to reasonable periods of planning, preparation and assessment (PPA) time, which is a minimum of 10% of their timetable. This government is committed to resetting the relationship betwee...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Pre-school Education
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Kinship Care: Education and Mental Health
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Care Leavers
4 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve support for care leavers.
Department for Education: Consultants
21 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.
Education and Unemployment: Liverpool Walton
6 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of young people out of (a) work, (b) education and (c) training in Liverpool Walton constituency.
Primary Education: School Libraries
20 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of library provision in primary schools.
Special Educational Needs: Finance
11 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of funding for SEND provision in (a) Liverpool and (b) England.
Children and Young People: Reading
25 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans her Department has to increase the number of children and young people reading for pleasure.
Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund
26 Feb 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to renew the Adoption and Special Guardianship Support Fund.
Pupil Exclusions: Disability
9 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of disabled children not reinstated in school when an independent review panel has quashed a permanent exclusion.
Pupil Exclusions
9 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to make changes to the collection of data in relation to (a) suspensions and (b) permanent exclusions in England.
Pupil Exclusions
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