Question follow-through · 4896

Non-teaching Staff: Labour Turnover and Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of trends in (a) recruitment and (b) retention of school support staff in (i) Aylesbury constituency and (ii) England in the last five years.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body: Department for Education
Tabled: 9 Sept 2024
Target answer date: 7 Oct 2024
Answer: 7 Oct 2024 · 28 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

9 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of trends in (a) recruitment and (b) retention of school support staff in (i) Aylesbury constituency and (ii) England in the last five years.
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Oct 2024
Answer published
The full-time equivalent (FTE) of support staff has increased since 2019/20, rising to 510,400 in 2023/24. This is an increase of 4,800 (0.9%) since last year. Support staff roles include teaching assistants, administrative staff, auxiliary staff, technic...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

Later records

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Non-teaching Staff: Buckinghamshire

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LGBT+ People: Curriculum

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Special Educational Needs: Buckinghamshire

4 Oct 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with Buckinghamshire Council on the adequacy of SEND provision in Buckinghamshire.

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Hinduism: Aylesbury

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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Religion: Education

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