Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 73885

School Support Staff Negotiating Body: Scotland and Wales

Tabled: 1 September 2025
Answered: 4 September 2025
Named Day

Question

Laurence Turner

LabourBirmingham Northfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has held with the (a) Welsh and (b) Scottish governments on the potential impact of the establishment of School Support Staff Negotiating Body on (i) recruitment and (ii) retenti

Answer

Catherine McKinnell
Education is a devolved matter, and the application of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body provisions in the Employment Rights Bill is therefore for state-funded schools in England only.