Oral Answers to Questions

Bridget Phillipson Excerpts

Monday 10th September 2018 Commons Chamber

[Damian Hinds]

We all know how important it is that young people are given the knowledge to be healthy, happy and safe. That is why, for the first time, all state-funded schools will be required to teach health education. The draft statutory guidance includes content on first aid. I commend my hon. Friend and others in this House who have campaigned on this issue very consistently.

[Bridget Phillipson (Houghton and Sunderland South) (Lab)]

T3. In the north-east, as class sizes continue to grow, the number of teachers has fallen by almost 500 in the past year alone. When can we expect to see Ministers getting to grips with the growing crisis that we face in teacher retention?