Question follow-through · 74802
Teachers: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the indicative total contract value for the Future High Potential Initial Teacher Training Programme contract has reduced from £150 million in April 2025 to £89 million in September 2025.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 3 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 6 Oct 2025 · 33 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason the indicative total contract value for the Future High Potential Initial Teacher Training Programme contract has reduced from £150 million in April 2025 to £89 million in September 2025.
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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6 Oct 2025
Answer published
The High Potential Initial Teacher Training Programme has played a vital part in boosting teaching quality across the country. The current contract is coming to an end and, as with any government contract of this scale, it will be retendered in line with ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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