Select committee: House of Commons

Education Committee

Scrutinises Department for Education 182 reports 1049 conclusions & recs 42 reports with response document linked 140 without response document linked

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Committee work 3 matching items · Findings, no response link

Filter counts show committee work items (inquiries and other recorded sessions), not individual reports or findings.

All work · 149 Has published report · 68 Has conclusions or recs · 26 Findings, no response link · 3 Evidence or correspondence only · 74 Open, no report yet · 15

All (3) Open (2) Closed (1)

2026-27 · 1 2024-26 · 1 2022-23 · 1

Inquiry	Type	Status	Opened	Reports	Items	Response
Reading for Pleasure Inquiry	Report findings	Open	23 Nov 2025	1	62	No response document linked
Pre-appointment Hearing: Chief Regulator of Ofqual Pre-appointment hearing	Report findings	Open	18 Nov 2024	1	5	No response document linked
Pre-appointment hearing for His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Education, Children’s Services and Skills Pre-appointment hearing	Report findings	Closed	29 Aug 2023	1	11	No response document linked

Reports without a committee inquiry 53

Parliament published these reports with no official committee inquiry attached, so they do not appear in the inquiry list. Showing the 50 most recent.

3rd Report – Appointment of Professor Edward Peck CBE as Chair of the Office for Students 7 March 2025 · HC 731
Government Response to the First Joint Report of the Education and Health and Social Care Committees: The Government’s Green Paper on mental health: failing a generation 25 July 2018
3rd Report - The Government’s Green Paper on mental health: failing a generation: 1st Joint Report of the Education and Health and Social Care Committees 9 May 2018 · HC 642
1st Joint Report of the Education and Health Committees of Session 2016-17 - Children and young people’s mental health—the role of education 2 May 2017 · HC 849
2nd Report of the Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy - Apprenticeships 31 March 2017 · HC 206
1st Report of the Sub-Committee on Education, Skills and the Economy - Careers education, information, advice and guidance 5 July 2016 · HC 205
2nd Report - Into independence, not out of care: 16 plus care options 17 July 2014 · HC 259
5th Report - Foundation Years: Sure Start children's centres - Volume III (Volume III - additional written evidence) 8 January 2014
5th Report - Foundation Years: Sure Start children's centres - Volume II (Volume II Oral and written evidence) 8 January 2014 · HC 364-II
5th Report - Foundation Years: Sure Start children's centres - Volume I (Volume I: Report, together with formal minutes) 17 December 2013 · HC 364-I
2nd Special Report - 2012 GCSE English Results: Responses from the Government and Ofqual to the Committee's First Report of Session 2013-14 14 October 2013
1st Report - 2012 GCSE English results (Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written evidence) 11 June 2013 · HC 204
7th Special Report: From GCSEs to EBCs: the Government’s proposals for reform: Government Response to the Committee's Eighth Report of Session 2012–13 30 April 2013 · HC 1116
6th Special Report: Careers guidance for young people: The impact of the new duty on schools: Government Response to the Committee's Seventh Report of Session 2012–13 22 April 2013 · HC 1078
5th Special Report - Support for Home Education: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report of Session 2012–13 18 March 2013 · HC 1013
4th Special Report: Children First: the child protection system in England: Responses from the Government and Ofsted to the Committee's Fourth Report of Session 2012–13 25 February 2013 · HC 993
8th Report - From GCSEs to EBCs: the Government’s proposals for reform - Volume II (Volume II Oral and Written Evidence) 6 February 2013 · HC 808 II
8th Report - From GCSEs to EBCs: the Government’s proposals for reform - Volume I 31 January 2013 · HC 808-I
3rd Special Report: Governance and leadership of the Department for Education: Government Response to the Third Report of the Committee, Session 2012–13 25 January 2013 · HC 919
6th Report - Pre-legislative scrutiny: Special Educational Needs - Volume III (Volume III Additional written evidence) 19 December 2012
6th Report - Pre-legislative scrutiny: Special Educational Needs - Volume II (Volume II Oral and written evidence) 19 December 2012 · HC 631-II
6th Report - Pre-legislative scrutiny: Special Educational Needs - Volume I (Volume I Report, and formal minutes) 19 December 2012 · HC 631-I
4th Report - Children first: the child protection system in England (Additional written evidence) 16 November 2012
4th Report - Children first: the child protection system in England - Volume II (Volume II: Oral and written evidence) 13 November 2012 · HC 137-II
4th Report - Children first: the child protection system in England 7 November 2012 · HC 137
3rd Report - Governance and leadership of the Department for Education 5 November 2012 · HC 700
2nd Special Report - The administration of examinations for 15-19 year olds in England: Responses from the Government and Ofqual to the First Report of the Committee, Session 2012-13 29 October 2012 · HC 679
1st Special Report - Great teachers: attracting, training and retaining the best: Government Response to the Committee's Ninth Report of Session 2010-12 16 July 2012 · HC 524
2nd Report - Appointment of Chair, Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission - Volume I (Report, together with formal minutes and written evidence) 12 July 2012 · HC 461-I
1st Report - The administration of examinations for 15-19 year olds in England - Volume III (Volume III: Additional written evidence) 3 July 2012
1st Report - The administration of examinations for 15-19 year olds in England - Volume II (Volume II: Oral and written evidence) 3 July 2012 · HC 141-II
1st Report - The administration of examinations for 15-19 year olds in England - Volume I (Volume I: Report, together with formal minutes) 3 July 2012 · HC 141-I
9th Report - Great teachers: attracting, training and retaining the best - Volume III (Additional written evidence) 3 May 2012 · HC 1515-III
9th Report - Great teachers: attracting, training and retaining the best - Volume II (Oral and written evidence) 1 May 2012 · HC 1515-ii
9th Report - Great teachers: attracting, training and retaining the best - Volume I 1 May 2012 · HC 1515-i
8th Report - Chief Regulator of Qualifications and Examinations - oral and written evidence (Wednesday 1 February 2012 Evidence given by Glenys Stacey, Chief Executive, Ofqual.) 28 March 2012 · HC 1764-ii
8th Report - Chief Regulator of Qualifications and Examinations - Volume I (Report, together with formal minutes) 3 February 2012 · HC 1764-I
7th Report - Appointment of HM Chief Inspector, Ofsted - Volume II - oral evidence (Evidence given by Sir Michael Wilshaw, Preferred candidate for HM Chief Inspector, Ofsted.) 1 December 2011 · HC 1607-II
7th Report - Appointment of HM Chief Inspector, Ofsted - Volume I (Report, together with formal minutes) 3 November 2011 · HC 1607-I
9th Special Report - The English Baccalaureate: Government Response to the Committee's Fifth Report 1 November 2011 · HC 1577
7th Special Report - The role and performance of Ofsted: Responses from the Government and Ofsted to the Second Report of the Committee, Session 2010-12 28 June 2011 · HC 1317
6th Special Report - Behaviour and Discipline in Schools: Government Response to the Committee's First Report of Session 2010-12 27 June 2011 · HC 1316
3rd Report - Services for Young People - volume II (Oral and written evidence) 23 June 2011 · HC 744-II
3rd Report - Services for Young People - volume I (Report, together with formal minutes) 23 June 2011 · HC 744-I
3rd Report - Services for Young People - additional written evidence 23 June 2011
5th Special Report - Looked-after Children: Further Government Response to the Third Report from the Children, Schools and Families Committee, Session 2008-09 4 April 2011 · HC 924
1st Report - Behaviour and Discipline in Schools - oral and written evidence 3 February 2011 · HC 516-II
1st Report - Behaviour and Discipline in Schools 3 February 2011 · HC 516-I
1st Report - Behaviour and Discipline in Schools - additional written evidence 3 February 2011
4th Special Report - Sure Start Children’s Centres: Government Response to the Fifth Report from the Children, Schools and Families Committee, Session 2009–10 28 January 2011 · HC 768

Other source-listed committee work

These are held source observations, not a claim that this committee's publication history is complete. Items without a verified local inquiry link are separate from the inquiry counts in the committee work list.

Business also listed for this committee 3

Realising potential: Delivering the Child Poverty Strategy Primary page: Work and Pensions Committee
Children and Young People's Mental Health Primary page: Health and Social Care Committee
Child Poverty Taskforce Primary page: Work and Pensions Committee