Asked by: Baggy Shanker (Labour (Co-op) - Derby South)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) specialist support teaching assistants and (b) teachers of sensory impairment with a full mandatory qualification in sensory impairment are employed in (i) England, (ii) Derbyshire County Council area and (iii) Derby City Council area; and what information on these roles is collected as part of the annual School Workforce Census.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)
Information on the school workforce in England is collected as part of the annual School Workforce Census each November and published in the ‘School workforce in England’ statistical publication, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-workforce-in-england.
Information on staff roles is collected in the annual census. The role categories collected do not identify specialist support teaching assistants or teachers of sensory impairment.
Asked by: Baggy Shanker (Labour (Co-op) - Derby South)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for pension arrangements for military reservists of Milroy v MOD.
Answered by Al Carns - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for Veterans)
Following legal advice, the Ministry of Defence has lodged an appeal against the Milroy employment tribunal ruling. We are unable to comment further while the appeal is ongoing.