Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to implement the recommendations of the three working parties set up to tackle the workload challenge in teaching.

We have accepted, and are acting upon, all of the recommendations for the Government in the reports from the three review groups about eliminating unnecessary workload in relation to marking, planning and resources, and data management.

In response to these recommendations, we are reviewing the impact of the Department for Education Protocol, published in March 2015, which gives schools more time to prepare for significant changes to accountability, the curriculum and qualifications. The data exchange project is progressing well and is on track to deliver the intended reductions in effort and cost in moving data. Other initiatives to help teachers access data more effectively are in place including developing a replacement for RAISE Online in collaboration with school leaders. We are also disseminating the messages and principles from the reports through system leaders and others to help them become embedded throughout the system.

We know there is more to do and we are continuing to work with all parts of the education system to make sure all of the recommendations in the reports are acted upon.