1.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: December 2022 1.2 The Department for Education’s (the department) approach will be to take forward the Committee’s recommendation in a way that is consistent and collaborative with other pieces of work across government to look at lessons learnt. 1.3 As the response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been delivered collectively, the department intends to carry out lessons learned looking across the whole piece and will continue to engage with Cabinet Office to ensure that the department is appropriately involved in any cross-government activity that takes place. 1.4 As part of COVID-19 planning across the department, different projects and policy areas continue to strengthen operational delivery. Lessons learned and building back stronger remain central to decision making. 1.5 The department will continue to analyse its response to COVID-19, developing activities that put the department in a strong position to support children and learners to thrive as well as preparing to respond to future challenges that the department may face.