Oral Question·Home Office
“What steps the Government is taking to ensure that its policies on immigration enable the hiring of the number of skilled migrants that the UK requires.”
Tabled: 23 October 2018Answered: 29 October 2018
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for the Home Department
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Education (Bridget Phillipson)
Labour is boosting teacher recruitment and retention in order to put 6,500 new expert teachers in front of our classrooms. We have boosted teachers’ pay by nearly 10% and have taken action to improve wellbeing, and we continue to offer the targeted retention incentive, which is worth up to £6,000 after tax. Under the Tories, teachers were leaving schools in droves; under Labour, we have seen one of the lowest leaver rates since 2010.