Question follow-through · 10126
Non-teaching Staff: Runcorn and Helsby
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of school support staff in Runcorn and Helsby constituency.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 29 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of school support staff in Runcorn and Helsby constituency.
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Oct 2024
Answer published
School support staff play a vital role in children’s education and the smooth running of schools. They are crucial to ensuring children are given the best possible life chances.In a survey conducted by the department in 2023, titled ‘Use of teaching assis...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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