Question follow-through · 94759
Supply Teachers: Employment Agencies
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to reduce the use of large commercial agencies in the supply teaching sector.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 26 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 5 Dec 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to take steps to reduce the use of large commercial agencies in the supply teaching sector.
1 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Dec 2025
Answer published
Schools, academies and local authorities are responsible for the recruitment of their supply teachers, which includes deciding whether to use private supply agencies to fill temporary posts or cover teacher absence. The department recognises the role that...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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