Accountability hearings
Education Committee
Closed
Inquiry
The Education Committee holds regular hearings with the Secretary of State for Education and other key figures directly accountable to Parliament. This forms part of the Committee’s ongoing scrutiny of the Department for Education and its associated public bodies.
21
Oral sessions
22
Letters
21
Events
Activity timeline 64 events
19 Dec
2023
2023
Oral evidence
19 Dec
2023
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 16, Palace of Westminster
6 Dec
2023
2023
Oral evidence
6 Dec
2023
2023
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
7 Dec
2022
2022
Oral evidence
7 Dec
2022
2022
7 Dec
2022
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
22 Nov
2022
2022
Oral evidence
22 Nov
2022
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
18 Oct
2022
2022
5 Jul
2022
2022
5 Jul
2022
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Oral evidence sessions 21 sessions
6 Dec 2023
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Accountability hearing with the Secretary of State
Gillian Keegan · Department for Education
Susan Acland-Hood · The Department for Education
7 Dec 2022
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Accountability hearing with the Secretary of State
Gillian Keegan · Department for Education
Susan Acland-Hood · The Department for Education
22 Nov 2022
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Accountability Hearing: Ofsted
Amanda Spielman · Ofsted
Yvette Stanley · Ofsted
5 Jul 2022
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Accountability hearing with Dame Rachel De Souza, Children’s Commissioner for England
Dame Rachel de Souza · Office of the Children's Commissioner for England
15 Jun 2022
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Accountability hearing with Michelle Donelan MP, Minister for Higher and Further Education
Keith Smith · Department for Education
Rt Hon Michelle Donelan · Department for Education
20 Apr 2022
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Accountability hearing with the Secretary of State
Andrew McCully · Department for Education
Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi · Department for Education
1 Dec 2021
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Accountability hearing with Will Quince
Indra Morris · Children’s Services, Communications & Strategy Group
Will Quince · Department for Education
3 Nov 2021
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Accountability hearing - Secretary of State session
Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi · Department for Education
Susan Acland-Hood · The Department for Education
23 Jun 2021
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Accountability hearing with Gavin Williamson MP
Ian King · Department for Education
Rt Hon Gavin Williamson · Department for Education
15 Jun 2021
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Accountability hearing with Amanda Spielman; Safeguarding in Schools
Amanda Spielman · Ofsted
Andrew Cook · Ofsted
Sean Harford · Ofsted
Vanessa Ward · Independent Schools Inspectorate
18 May 2021
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Accountability hearing: Gillian Keegan MP
Gillian Keegan · Department for Education
29 Apr 2021
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Oral evidence; Accountability hearing
Julia Kinniburgh · Department for Education
Mike Pettifer · Department for Education
Rt Hon. Nick Gibb MP · Department for Education
Stephanie Brivio · Department for Education
The Baroness Berridge · Department for Education
27 Apr 2021
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Accountability hearing
Michelle Donelan · Department for Education
10 Nov 2020
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Accountability hearing with Ofsted
Amanda Spielman · Ofsted
Yvette Stanley · Ofsted
20 Oct 2020
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Accountability hearing
Lucy Smith · Department for Education
Rt Hon Nick Gibb MP · Department for Education
6 Oct 2020
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Accountability hearings
Anne Longfield OBE · Office of the Children's Commissioner for England
Michelle Donelan · Department for Education
16 Sep 2020
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Accountability hearings
Michelle Dyson · Department for Education
Rt Hon Gavin Williamson · Department for Education
Susan Acland-Hood · The Department for Education
15 Jul 2020
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Accountability hearings
Michelle Donelan · Department for Education
27 Apr 2020
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Accountability hearings
Amanda Spielman · Ofsted
Matthew Coffey · Ofsted
Correspondence 22 letters
7 Dec 2022
Supplementary written evidence from His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman, following Ofsted’s accountability hearing on 22 November, dated 25 November 2022
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18 Oct 2022
Supplementary evidence from the Children’s Commissioner on the number of children getting back into education
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17 May 2022
Supplementary evidence from the Secretary of State following his appearance before the Committee on 20 April
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13 Jul 2021
To committee
Letter from Baroness Berridge providing further evidence following her appearance before the Committee on 29 April 2021, dated 30 June 2021
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23 Mar 2021
To committee
Letter from the Minister of State for Universities on Opportunity Areas, dated 17 March 2021
Parliament page
7 Jan 2021
To committee
Letter from Dame Glenys Stacey, Acting Chief Regulator of Ofqual, following her appearance before the Committee on 8 December 2020, dated 18 December 2020
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8 Dec 2020
Supplementary evidence from Amanda Spielman, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector at Ofsted, following her appearance before the Committee on 10 November 2020, dated 1 December 2020
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20 Nov 2020
From committee
Letter to the Chair from the Children's Commissioner on childhood vulnerability and the Vulnerability Network, 9 November 2020
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17 Nov 2020
To committee
Letter from the Minister of State for School Standards, following his appearance before the Committee on 20 October 2020, dated 11 November 2020
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3 Nov 2020
To committee
Letter from the Minister of State for Universities, following her appearance before the Committee on 6 October 2020, dated 21 October 2020
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23 Oct 2020
Letter of clarification from the Minister of State for School Standards, following his appearance before the Committee on 20 October 2020, dated 20 October 2020
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21 Oct 2020
To committee
Letter from the Secretary of State for Education, following his appearance before the Committee on 16 September
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13 Oct 2020
Supplementary evidence from the Office of the Children's Commissioner, following the Children's Commissioner's appearance before the Committee on 6 October 2020
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18 Sep 2020
Correspondence to the Secretary of State regarding 2020 exams, 18 September 2020
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2 Sep 2020
Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Education regarding the recruitment of the Chair of the Office for Students, 25 August 2020
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2 Sep 2020
From committee
Letter to the Secretary of State for Education regarding recruitment of the Chair of the Office for Students, 7 August 2020
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29 Jul 2020
To committee
Letter from the Secretary of State, on Recruitment of the Chair of the Office for Students, 22 July 2020.
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15 Jul 2020
To committee
Letter from the Secretary of State for Education, on the recruitment process for a new Children’s Commissioner, 4 July 2020
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15 Jul 2020
To committee
Letter from the Secretary of State for Education, on the recruitment of a new Social Mobility Commission Chair, 9 July 2020
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17 Jun 2020
Correspondence from the Department for Education on changes to Ofqual board membership, 8 June 2020
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18 May 2020
To committee
Letter from the Harris Federation regarding Ofsted
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12 May 2020
To committee
Letter from Her Majesty's Chief Inspector on the work of Ofsted during lockdown
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