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	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of changes in the school funding formula on teachers' salaries.
	tabling member constituency	Bradford East
	tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
	uin	1009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>We want to ensure every school has the resources it needs to deliver a high quality education for every pupil. We will continue to work to ensure that every pupil has the opportunity to attend a good school and that all schools are fairly funded. We will reflect on the message that people sent at the election about the funding of our schools, and are considering the more than 25,000 responses we received to the National Funding Formula consultation. We will publish our response in due course.</p><p> </p><p>All schools need access to high quality teachers, throughout England. We are recruiting the teachers we need at the national level, despite the challenges caused by an improving economy and rising pupil numbers. We know, however, that some schools are facing significant challenges. We are working with key stakeholders to ensure greater support for pupils in deprived areas, which will include supporting schools to ensure teacher recruitment and retention challenges are addressed.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb grouped question UIN 1007 question first answered 03/07/2017 15:32:46 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

732613

	registered interest
	date	26/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to page 125 of the report, UK Poverty: Causes and Solutions, published by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on 6 September 2016; if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of the recommendation to pilot a teacher pay premium to incentivise high-performing teachers to move to challenging schools.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	1078
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>Teachers’ pay and conditions in local authority maintained schools are determined on the basis of recommendations made by the independent body, the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB), who consider a wide range of factors. In academies, we know that the majority also choose to mirror these national arrangements.</p><p> </p><p>The reforms to teachers’ pay introduced in September 2013 give schools the flexibility to exercise their judgement as to how they reward their staff and to more closely align pay and performance. Pay flexibilities, including the use of recruitment and retention allowances, have given schools greater freedom to develop local offers which enable them to attract and retain the good teachers they need, and reflect local circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>We know that while we are recruiting the teachers we need at the national level, despite the challenges caused by an improving economy and rising pupil numbers, some schools are facing significant challenges. We are working with key stakeholders to ensure greater support for pupils in deprived areas, which will include supporting schools to ensure teacher recruitment and retention challenges are addressed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are continuing to allocate additional funding to schools through the pupil premium to help them improve the progress and attainment of their disadvantaged pupils. Schools have flexibility over how they use the funding to benefit those pupils for whom it is intended – and this can include putting financial incentives in place to attract and retain high-performing teachers.</p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Nick Gibb question first answered 03/07/2017 15:37:32 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

692714

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Teachers: Pay
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to review the pay scales for teachers over the course of this Parliament.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
	uin	HL5527
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>Teachers’ pay in England and Wales is based on recommendations from the School Teachers’ Review Body (STRB), the independent body that advises on teachers’ pay and conditions. The Government has asked the STRB to report by early April with its recommendations for the September 2017 pay award.</p> answering member printed Lord Nash question first answered 28/02/2017 17:17:18 answering member 4270 label Biography information for Lord Nash
	tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie