Question follow-through · 116068
Further Education: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the cost to the public purse of industrial disputes in further education colleges.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 25 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 1 Apr 2026 · 35 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the cost to the public purse of industrial disputes in further education colleges.
2 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Apr 2026
Answer published
Further education colleges, rather than government, are responsible for setting and negotiating terms and conditions and managing their industrial relations.Based on engagement with the sector, we know colleges affected by recent strikes have generally im...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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