Question follow-through · 120141
Teachers: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the removal of the Religious Education Initial Teacher Training bursary on the quality of RE provision in secondary schools.
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 11 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 18 Mar 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
11 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the removal of the Religious Education Initial Teacher Training bursary on the quality of RE provision in secondary schools.
16 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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18 Mar 2026
Answer published
Initial teacher training (ITT) bursaries are offered to incentivise more applications to ITT courses. As such, we review bursaries annually to take account of several factors, including recruitment to date, forecast economic conditions, and teacher supply...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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