Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and other ministerial colleagues on the public sector pay gap for teachers.
Ministers in this Department and officials have regular discussions with their counterparts in Her Majesty’s Treasury to discuss a range of issues relating to teachers’ pay. Those discussions are ongoing and the Secretary of State is next due to meet the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on 5 September.