Question follow-through · 81856
Supply Teachers: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with her Northern Ireland counterpart on substitute teachers unable to get permanent jobs.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 7 Nov 2025 · 24 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has had discussions with her Northern Ireland counterpart on substitute teachers unable to get permanent jobs.
16 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Nov 2025
Answer published
Supply teachers perform a valuable role and make an important contribution to the smooth running of schools by filling posts on a temporary basis and covering teacher absences.Schools, academies and local authorities are responsible for the recruitment of...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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