Question follow-through · 26807

STEM Subjects: Teachers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with teaching groups on the potential merits of establishing a STEM teachers continuing professional development fund with industry.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
28 Jan 2025
Target answer date
30 Jan 2025
Answer
5 Feb 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with teaching groups on the potential merits of establishing a STEM teachers continuing professional development fund with industry.

  2. 30 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Education is a devolved matter, and the response outlines the information for England only.The department has a range of programmes to support continuing professional development for teachers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), for...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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