Oral Question·Northern Ireland Office
“If he will have discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of allocating additional funding for teaching assistants in Northern Ireland.”
Tabled: 14 November 2023Answered: 22 November 2023
Asked by
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Business and Trade (Jonathan Reynolds)
small businesses are the beating heart of our high streets and communities, and they are essential to economic success and our growth mission. We want growth in every part of the UK, and small businesses have an enormous role to play in that.