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Graham P Jones
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(10 years, 11 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
On this one, the hon. Gentleman speaks for the whole House and the whole country in praising Britain’s carers. They do an amazing job. If they stopped caring, the cost to the taxpayer would be phenomenal, so we should do what we can to support our carers, and to ensure they get the proper respite breaks from caring that they need to be able to go on doing the wonderful work they do.
Graham Jones (Hyndburn) (Lab)
Q8. Why has the number of supply teachers in secondary schools in the past year increased by a staggering 17%?
The Prime Minister
I do not have the figures for that, but we have protected the amount of money that goes into schools per pupil so that schools have the money to employ the teachers they need.