Question follow-through · 19301
Educational Institutions: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of sustained strike activity at educational bodies on pupils and students.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 15 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2026 · 51 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
15 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of sustained strike activity at educational bodies on pupils and students.
1 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Sept 2026
Answer published
Strike action is damaging to pupils’ education and the department encourages unions and employers to work together constructively to resolve disputes. Through the department’s ‘Handling strike action in schools’ guidance, we provide advice to headteachers...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Primary Education: Rural Areas
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to improve primary education provision in rural areas.
Primary Education: Class Sizes
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of class size limits in primary schools.
Pupils: Disability
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to review the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 to ensure that it makes appropriate provision for the accessibility requirements of disabled people.