A question on #Teachers #Recruitment tabled by Mr Andrew Snowden on 26-06-2025 has been answered by Catherine McKinnell.

Heading: Teachers: Recruitment
Question ID: 1817165
UIN: 63153
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-26
Asking Member ID: 5072
Asking Member display name: Mr Andrew Snowden
Asking Member handle: A_J_Snowden
Asking Member Twitter reference: @A_J_Snowden
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has made an estimate of the cost of hiring new teachers due to changes in employer National Insurance contributions for schools in (a) Fylde constituency and (b) Lancashire.
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Date answered: 2025-07-03
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Is holding answer: false
Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4125
Answering Member display name: Catherine McKinnell
Answering Member handle: CMcKinnellMP
Answering Member Twitter reference: @CMcKinnellMP
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Answer text: The increase in National Insurance Contributions (NICs) costs was taken into account when calculating the additional funding the department is providing to support schools with the 2025 pay awards in the financial year 2025/26. Schools in Lancashire will ...
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Answering body ID: 60
Answering body name: Department for Education
Tweeted: true