| Heading: |
Classroom Assistants: Conditions of Employment and Pay |
| Question ID: |
1784871 |
| UIN: |
38509 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-03-14 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5267 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Yuan Yang
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Yuan Yang
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) pay and (b) other conditions of teaching assistants in schools. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-03-24 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4125 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Catherine McKinnell
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| Answering Member handle: |
CMcKinnellMP
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@CMcKinnellMP
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| Answer text: |
Teaching assistants play a vital role in children’s education.Most school support staff, including teaching assistants, are currently employed on National Joint Council (NJC) for local government services pay and conditions. The NJC is a negotiating body ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
60 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Education |
| Tweeted: |
true |