Oral Question·Department for Education
“If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 22 April 2025Answered: 28 April 2025
Asked by
Richard Foord
Liberal Democrat — Honiton and Sidmouth
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Education
Answer from Hansard
Bridget Phillipson
We will set out our approach to the recommendations in the usual way, but I say to the hon. Gentleman that one of the very first acts of this incoming Labour Government was to accept the previous recommendation to fund the 5.5% pay award for teachers that had been sat on the desk of the Conservative Government.