Education

Wednesday 30th March 2022 Ministerial Corrections

Schools White Paper

The following are extracts from the statement on the Schools White Paper on 28 March 2022.

[Nadhim Zahawi]

I remind the hon. Lady that there are now 217,000 teaching assistants in classrooms, a 6,000 increase since 2010.

[Official Report, 28 March 2022, Vol. 711, c. 582.]

Letter of correction from the Secretary of State for Education, the right hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Nadhim Zahawi).

An error has been identified in the response given to the hon. Member for Lewisham East (Janet Daby).

The correct response should have been:

[Nadhim Zahawi]

I remind the hon. Lady that there are now 271,000 teaching assistants in classrooms, a 6,000 increase since last year.

[Nadhim Zahawi]

My hon. Friend raises a really important point. The frontline—the 461,000 teachers and 217,000 teaching assistants—and the support staff and leaders in our education system have gone above and beyond to make sure that schools reopened, stayed open and dealt with omicron.

[Official Report, 28 March 2022, Vol. 711, c. 588.]

Letter of correction from the Secretary of State for Education, the right hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Nadhim Zahawi).

An error has been identified in the response given to my hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Dr Spencer).

The correct response should have been:

[Nadhim Zahawi]

My hon. Friend raises a really important point. The frontline—the 461,000 teachers and 271,000 teaching assistants—and the support staff and leaders in our education system have gone above and beyond to make sure that schools reopened, stayed open and dealt with omicron.