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School Support Staff Negotiating Body: Scotland and Wales

Asked by Laurence TurnerLabourDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 4 September 2025UIN 73885

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has held with the (a) Welsh and (b) Scottish governments on the potential impact of the establishment of School Support Staff Negotiating Body on (i) recruitment and (ii) retenti

Answered by Catherine McKinnell

Education is a devolved matter, and the application of the School Support Staff Negotiating Body provisions in the Employment Rights Bill is therefore for state-funded schools in England only.

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