Question follow-through · 111224

Supply Teachers: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of a Substitute Teachers Register to help ensure supply teachers are not underpaid or maltreated by their employer.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
5 Feb 2026
Target answer date
9 Feb 2026
Answer
24 Mar 2026 · 47 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of a Substitute Teachers Register to help ensure supply teachers are not underpaid or maltreated by their employer.

  2. 9 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    I refer my hon. Friend, the Member for Sheffield Hallam to the answer of 26 February 2026 to Question 109848

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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