Oral Question·Department for Education
“How many full-time equivalent schoolteachers there were in (a) 2025 and (b) 2024.”
Tabled: 8 September 2026Answered: 14 September 2026
Asked by
Gareth Bacon
Conservative — Orpington
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Education
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Data Protection and Telecoms (Chris Bryant)
More than 30 Project Gigabit contracts are currently in place, with a total value of almost £2 billion, and more are in the pipeline. In the past few months, the first premises have been connected as part of Project Gigabit contracts in areas including Norfolk, West Yorkshire and south Wiltshire, and the build has now started in earnest in other parts of the country.