Ms Phil Fox:

We work closely with the Department of Education and the teacher supply groups. I am a member of the teacher supply steering group, a member of the teacher supply implementation group, and I chair the communications group. We also have a nominee, the head of registration is on the teacher supply data group. There is a lot of communication and collaboration regularly and frequently back and forth with the Department on the supply of teachers. The information that we hold is in relation to teachers' registration. To be clear, we do have other functions outside of registration but they are not in the arena of employment. For example, we have the role to review and accredit the programmes, we have the fitness to teach and the maintaining of the register on professional standards. There is also our research function. There are many other functions where the council has quite an extensive and broad remit but not in the area of employment of teachers.