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100692

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the actual and percentage change in pay for school support staff has been in each of the last 15 years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	211755
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2014 answer text <p>The requested 15 year time series is not available. The Department for Education now collects data on school support staff pay through the annual School Workforce Census but, to date, the pay data has been too incomplete to publish.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 30/10/2014 15:28:45 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

100694

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, in light of the announcement that a new set of standards is to be established for teaching assistants in England, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in the devolved administrations on ensuring consistency in standards for teaching assistants across the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Belfast North
	tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Dodds
	uin	211668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2014 answer text <p>School staffing policy is a matter for the devolved administrations. A review of teacher assistant standards for schools in England was launched recently. It is led by Kate Dethridge who is being supported by a panel of experts. A public call for evidence will be initiated shortly which will explore good practice across schools. The Department for Education also plans carry out a public consultation once the standards have been agreed by the expert panel. Use of the standards will be voluntary.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 29/10/2014 12:53:16 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
	tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

1467183

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment his Department has made of the contribution made by Teaching Assistants to educational settings; and if his Department will undertake a review of Teaching Assistants pay.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	11744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>The department gives schools the freedom to determine the pay and conditions of their teaching assistants (TAs). Most are paid according to local government pay scales, and all are required to be paid at least the statutory minimum wage.</p><p>While the department does not set the pay for non-teaching staff, we can confirm that an agreement has been reached regarding support staff pay. Eligible support staff on pay spine points 2 and above will receive a 1.75% per annum pay rise, payable from April 2021, with staff on point 1 receiving a 2.75% rise.</p><p>TAs have a critical role in provide a huge breadth of support to pupils in different contexts, including supporting pupil outcomes. The department recently published the Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) and Alternative Provision (AP) Green Paper, which highlights the key role of TAs in supporting children and young people with SEND to access learning in the classroom. We will set out clear guidance on the effective use and deployment of TAs to support children and young people with SEND as part of the national standards.</p><p>The Education Endowment Foundation has produced guidance for schools on making the best use of TAs and has conducted research which highlights the benefits made by TAs on pupil attainment and learning when deployed in educational settings.</p> answering member constituency Worcester answering member printed Mr Robin Walker grouped question UIN 11743 question first answered 14/06/2022 16:22:59 answering member 4091 label Biography information for Mr Robin Walker
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1519289

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an estimate of the number of teaching assistants employed in schools in (a) England and (b) each region in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	59927
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2022 answer text <p>Information on the school workforce in England and each region, including the number of teaching assistants, is published in the annual ‘School Workforce in England’ national statistic at: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england</a>.</p><p>As of November 2021 (the latest information available), there were 275,812 full-time equivalent teaching assistants in state-funded schools in England which is the highest on record. This represents an increase of 54,331 (24.5%) from 221,481 in the 2011/12 academic year, the first year that figures are available for.</p><p>Regional figures and a full time series can be found at the following link: <a href="https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/a22f98f7-9e51-4d1f-85d8-7a211ff01816" target="_blank">https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/a22f98f7-9e51-4d1f-85d8-7a211ff01816</a>.</p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis question first answered 18/10/2022 11:26:54 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1520392

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2022 to Question 42011, on Classroom Assistants, if he will place in the Library a schedule of the other research held within the department and used to inform ongoing policy development referred to in that Answer including the (a) titles, including subtitles, (b) objectives, (c) commissioning dates, (d) reporting dates, (e) commissioning costs for reports that were externally produced and (f) the names of authors, or responsible institutions where the research was carried out externally.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	61056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department holds internal research entitled Teaching Assistant User Research from August 2019. The objective of the research was to investigate how the Department could add value and support schools to make more effective decisions around the use and deployment of Teaching Assistants. This research was not externally commissioned. ​​</p><p>The Department publishes all social and economic research that it commissions. In relation to school support staff, the Department has published:</p><ul><li>Deployment of Teaching Assistants in Schools by Ask Research in June 2019 and</li><li>Exploring Teaching Assistants’ appetite to become Teachers by Cooper Gibson Research in September 2019.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Stoke-on-Trent North answering member printed Jonathan Gullis question first answered 24/10/2022 10:18:49 answering member 4814 label Biography information for Jonathan Gullis
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1491693

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what research his Department commissioned in each of the last ten years on the role and cost-effectiveness of (a) teaching assistants, (b) other school support staff and (c) other school support staff; and if he will publish that research.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	42011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The department conducts research to inform its policy for teaching assistants and support staff. Some of this, such as ‘The deployment of teaching assistants in schools’ from 2019, is published. This report can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-deployment-of-teaching-assistants-in-schools" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-deployment-of-teaching-assistants-in-schools</a>.</p><p>Other research is held within the department and is used to inform ongoing policy development. The department does not publish research where it relates to live policy considerations. The department may of course publish this in the future.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/09/2022 07:56:33 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1020423

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent estimate he has made of the number of teaching assistants in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) England; how much his Department has spent on those teaching staff; and what information his Department holds on the nationality of those teaching staff.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	199277
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>The following table provides the full-time equivalent (FTE) number of teaching assistants and other support staff in service in state funded schools in Gloucestershire local authority and England, as at November 2017.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number of teaching assistants and other support staff in service in state funded schools in Gloucestershire local authority and England, as at November 201</strong>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>FTE Teaching Assistants[1]</p></td><td><p>FTE Other Support Staff<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire[2]</p></td><td><p>2,490</p></td><td><p>1,370</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>262,820</p></td><td><p>145,270</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: School Workforce Census</em></p><p> </p><p>The School Workforce Census does not ask for information on the nationality of school employees. Salary levels for teaching assistants and other support staff are determined locally.</p><p>The department publishes information on income and expenditure by schools on the Schools Financial Benchmarking website: <a href="https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk" target="_blank">https://schools-financial-benchmarking.service.gov.uk</a>.</p><p>This includes a category for expenditure on Education support staff, including teaching assistants, childcare staff, foreign language assistants, librarians and other support staff.</p><p> </p><p>[1] Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.</p><p>[2] Figures for Gloucestershire exclude 6 out of 304 schools that did not provide a return for teaching assistants or support staff.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 10/12/2018 14:21:10 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1023893

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many classroom assistant job positions have been removed in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	201593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2018 answer text <p>The full time equivalent (FTE) number of teaching assistants in state funded schools in England in each of the last 3 years is shown in the table 1 below.</p><p><strong>Table 1: Teaching assistants in all state funded schools in England, 2014 to 2017</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Census year</p></td><td><p>FTE number of teaching assistants</p></td><td><p>Difference in FTE from previous year</p></td><td><p>Percentage difference from previous year</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>255,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>263,000</p></td><td><p>7,900</p></td><td><p>3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>265,600</p></td><td><p>2,600</p></td><td><p>1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>262,800</p></td><td><p>-2,800</p></td><td><p>-1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p><p>The School Workforce Census does not collect information on vacancies for teaching assistants.</p><p>The data above is taken from Table 2b of the publication, School Workforce in England 2017. This publication includes underlying data at school level and is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/statistics-school-workforce</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 19/12/2018 17:19:45 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1093505

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching assistants have been employed in schools in (a) England, (b) North East and (c) Easington constituency in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	235756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The following table provides the full-time equivalent number of teaching assistants in state funded in England, North East region and Easington constituency in November each year from 2013 to 2017.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>Easington</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013[1]</p></td><td><p>243,733</p></td><td><p>11,006</p></td><td><p>347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014[2]</p></td><td><p>255,088</p></td><td><p>12,053</p></td><td><p>403</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015[3]</p></td><td><p>262,950</p></td><td><p>12,534</p></td><td><p>395</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016[4]</p></td><td><p>265,616</p></td><td><p>12,698</p></td><td><p>383</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017[5]</p></td><td><p>262,820</p></td><td><p>12,532</p></td><td><p>379</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: School Workforce Census</p><p> </p><p>[1] 2013 figures for the North East region exclude 4 out of 1,552 schools that did not provide a return for teaching assistant numbers.</p><p>[2] 2014 figures for the North East region exclude 5 out of 1,543 schools that did not provide a return for teaching assistant numbers.</p><p>[3] 2015 figures for the North East region exclude 8 out of 1,532 schools that did not provide a return for teaching assistant numbers.</p><p>[4] 2016 figures for the North East region exclude 3 out of 1,530 schools that did not provide a return for teaching assistant numbers.</p><p>[5] 2017 figures for the North East region exclude 5 out of 1,519 schools that did not provide a return for teaching assistant numbers.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 27/03/2019 16:06:29 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1128398

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Classroom Assistants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate he has made of the number of teaching assistants in schools; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gedling
	tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
	uin	257437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The following table provides the full-time equivalent (FTE) number of teaching assistants in service in state funded schools in England, in each year since November 2010. This information can be found in the School Workforce Census, available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/school-workforce-in-england-november-2017</a>.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>FTE teaching assistants</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>213,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>219,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>232,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>243,700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>255,100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>263,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>265,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>262,800</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 05/06/2019 08:00:08 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker