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Supply Teachers: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of supply teacher agency fees on school budgets.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
28 Aug 2026
Target answer date
2 Sept 2026
Answer
8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Aug 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of supply teacher agency fees on school budgets.

  2. 2 Sept 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Sept 2026

    Answer published

    The department recognises that expenditure on agency supply staff can represent a significant cost for some schools.To help schools secure better value for money when recruiting temporary staff, the department and the Government Commercial Agency (GCA) la...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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