Question to the Department for Education:
To ask Her Majesty's Government to what extent they are working with supply teacher agencies to see that supply teachers are being supported.
The department’s latest school workforce guidance on COVID-19, including financial support available to supply teachers, is set out below:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/covid-19-school-closures/guidance-for-schools-about-temporarily-closing#supply-teachers-and-other-contingent-workers.
Further guidance on financial support for all education institutions is set out below: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-financial-support-for-education-early-years-and-childrens-social-care/coronavirus-covid-19-financial-support-for-education-early-years-and-childrens-social-care.
These are rapidly developing circumstances. We continue to keep the situation under review and will keep Parliament updated accordingly.