Question follow-through · 103366
Further Education: Conditions of Employment and Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is she taking to help improve pay and conditions in the further education sector.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 6 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 14 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps is she taking to help improve pay and conditions in the further education sector.
8 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Jan 2026
Answer published
Further education (FE) colleges, rather than the government, are responsible for setting and negotiating staff pay and terms and conditions within colleges.In May 2025, the department announced a further £190 million investment for colleges and other 16 t...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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