Supply Teachers: Vetting
(asked on 18th January 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many supply agencies did not furlough supply staff during the covid-19 outbreak.
This question was answered on 21st January 2022
The department does not collect or hold the information that has been requested.
Supply agencies providing temporary staff to schools are independent private companies and as such decisions over their use of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme are not reported to the department, but a matter for employees and employers.
The department does not hold data on the general numbers of supply staff, or any data on whether they are active as supply teachers at any time.