Question follow-through · 15965
Further Education: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of funding for further education colleges to meet staffing costs in the light of (a) increased employer National Insurance contributions and (b) sector pay agr
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 25 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 2 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of funding for further education colleges to meet staffing costs in the light of (a) increased employer National Insurance contributions and (b) sector pay agr
2 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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2 Dec 2024
Answer published
As a part of the public sector, further education (FE) colleges will be compensated for the increased employer National Insurance contributions. Details about this compensation will be announced in the future. My right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the E...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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