Question follow-through · 42048

School Support Staff Negotiating Body

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department assessed the reinstatement of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body against the requirement set out in the Approvals Process for the Creation of New Arm’s-Length Bodies that the creati

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Answering body
Cabinet Office
Tabled
27 Mar 2025
Target answer date
31 Mar 2025
Answer
4 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department assessed the reinstatement of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body against the requirement set out in the Approvals Process for the Creation of New Arm’s-Length Bodies that the creati

  2. 31 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Apr 2025

    Answer published

    The Department for Education is currently working through the approval process to establish the School Support Staff Negotiating Body as an Arm’s Length Body, in parallel to the passage of the Employment Rights Bill. The completion of business cases as pa...

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