Question follow-through · 35061
Teachers: Career Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to provide (a) clear routes for progression and (b) development in different subject areas to encourage recruitment and retention of teachers.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 3 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 29 Mar 2025 · 26 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Education and skills
- Department for Education: Written Questions · 28 Mar 2025
- Special Educational Needs: Autism · 6 Jan 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
3 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to provide (a) clear routes for progression and (b) development in different subject areas to encourage recruitment and retention of teachers.
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
29 Mar 2025
Answer published
The within school factor that makes the biggest difference to a young person’s educational outcome is high-quality teaching. Recruiting and retaining more qualified, expert teachers is therefore critical to the government’s mission to break down barriers ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Department for Education: Written Questions
28 Mar 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to respond to Question 35061 on Teachers: Career Development, tabled by the hon. Member for Aldershot on 3 March 2025.
Special Educational Needs: Autism
6 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to consider autistic burnout when shaping policies on SEND.