Department for Education
Ministers who have held posts here
| Minister | Role | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Waugh | Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) | Jul 2026 | present |
| Olivia Bailey | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities) | Sep 2025 | Jul 2026 |
| Josh MacAlister | Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) | Sep 2025 | present |
| Georgia Gould | Minister of State (Education) | Sep 2025 | present |
| Baroness Smith of Malvern | Minister of State (Minister for Women and Equalities) | Mar 2025 | Jul 2026 |
| Dame Nia Griffith | Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities) | Oct 2024 | Sep 2025 |
| Janet Daby | Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) | Jul 2024 | Sep 2025 |
| Catherine McKinnell | Minister of State (Education) | Jul 2024 | Sep 2025 |
| Sir Stephen Timms | Minister for Equalities (Department for Education) | Jul 2024 | Jul 2026 |
| Bridget Phillipson | Minister for Women and Equalities | Jul 2024 | Jul 2026 |
| Baroness Smith of Malvern | Minister of State (Education) | Jul 2024 | present |
| Bridget Phillipson | Secretary of State for Education | Jul 2024 | Jul 2026 |
| Damian Hinds | Minister of State (Education) | Nov 2023 | Jul 2024 |
| Sir James Cleverly | Secretary of State for Education | Jul 2022 | Sep 2022 |
| Baroness Barran | Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) | Sep 2021 | Jul 2024 |
| Alex Burghart | Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) | Sep 2021 | Jul 2022 |
| Mrs Kemi Badenoch | Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) | Jul 2019 | Feb 2020 |
| Sir Gavin Williamson | Secretary of State for Education | Jul 2019 | Sep 2021 |
| Damian Hinds | Secretary of State for Education | Jan 2018 | Jul 2019 |
| Dame Caroline Dinenage | Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) | Jul 2016 | Jun 2017 |
| Dame Caroline Dinenage | Minister for Equalities (Department for Education) | May 2015 | Jul 2016 |
| Sir John Hayes | Minister of State (Department for Education) (Jointly with the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills) | May 2010 | Sep 2012 |
Questions answered by this department
- To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the extent to which apprenticeship funding ra
- To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovati
- To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to her Department's joint document entitled The UK's Interna
- To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of apprentices (a) are aged under 19 and do not meet the En
- To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what progress her Department has made in implementing her Department's join
- To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce an annual uprating of the apprenticeship fun
- To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to free sch
- To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies
- To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the latest official figures are on (a) the number of student loan borr
- To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of devolving the Adopt
- To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department provides to specialist SEND schools and colleg
- To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of additional children
- To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the availability of funded
- To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much her Department has spent on contracts with (a) Serco, (b) Capita a
- To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what safeguards her Department has put in place to ensure that input from s
- To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Ramsey of Wall Heath on 21 October (HL Deb col 679),