Oral Question·Department for Education
“If her Department will provide sixth-form colleges with the funding required to support a 5.5% pay award for teaching staff.”
Tabled: 21 January 2025Answered: 27 January 2025
Asked by
Sarah Owen
Labour — Luton North
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Education
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Janet Daby)
The Government do not set or recommend pay in further education. However, in the midst of tough decisions taken at the Budget to fix the foundations, after having been left with a £22 billion black hole by the Conservatives, we have reprioritised an additional £300 million for further education.