Asked by: Baggy Shanker (Labour (Co-op) - Derby South)
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2024 to Question 12858 on Special Educational Needs: Teachers and Classroom Assistants, if she will make it her policy to add (a) specialist support teaching assistants and (b) teachers of sensory impairment to the staff roles collected in the annual census.
Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Education)
There are currently no plans to change the collected list of staff roles in the school workforce census.
Asked by: Baggy Shanker (Labour (Co-op) - Derby South)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what diplomatic steps he is taking with international partners to help tackle irregular migration to the UK.
Answered by Anneliese Dodds - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
We engage regularly with our international partners on irregular migration, with a commitment to tackling people trafficking and the gangs profiting from it. In July we announced steps to reinforce our cooperation with Europol and, through our new Border Security Command, we will intensify efforts in transit countries to break the business models of these gangs.
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.