Question follow-through · 38628

Teachers: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to provide additional funding for teachers' pay increases.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
17 Mar 2025
Target answer date
19 Mar 2025
Answer
25 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to provide additional funding for teachers' pay increases.

  2. 19 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The overall core schools budget is increasing by £3.2 billion in the 2025/26 financial year, meaning the core schools budget will total over £64.8 billion compared to almost £61.6 billion in the 2024/25 financial year. This includes the £2.3 billion annou...

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