Select Committee · Education Committee
Accountability hearings
Status: Closed
Opened: 17 Mar 2020
Closed: 24 May 2024
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.
Oral evidence sessions
| Date | Witnesses | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 Dec 2023 | Amanda Spielman · Ofsted | View ↗ |
| 6 Dec 2023 | Gillian Keegan · Department for Education, Susan Acland-Hood · The Department for Education | View ↗ |
| 7 Dec 2022 | Gillian Keegan · Department for Education, Susan Acland-Hood · The Department for Education | View ↗ |
| 22 Nov 2022 | Amanda Spielman · Ofsted, Yvette Stanley · Ofsted | View ↗ |
| 5 Jul 2022 | Dame Rachel de Souza · Office of the Children's Commissioner for England | View ↗ |
| 15 Jun 2022 | Keith Smith · Department for Education, Rt Hon Michelle Donelan · Department for Education | View ↗ |
| 20 Apr 2022 | Andrew McCully · Department for Education, Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi · Department for Education | View ↗ |
| 1 Dec 2021 | Indra Morris · Children’s Services, Communications & Strategy Group, Will Quince · Department for Education | View ↗ |
| 3 Nov 2021 | Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi · Department for Education, Susan Acland-Hood · The Department for Education | View ↗ |
| 14 Sep 2021 | Dame Christine Ryan · Ofsted | View ↗ |
| 23 Jun 2021 | Ian King · Department for Education, Rt Hon Gavin Williamson · Department for Education | View ↗ |
| 15 Jun 2021 | Amanda Spielman · Ofsted, Andrew Cook · Ofsted, Sean Harford · Ofsted, Vanessa Ward · Independent Schools Inspectorate | View ↗ |
| 18 May 2021 | Gillian Keegan · Department for Education | View ↗ |
| 29 Apr 2021 | 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 | View ↗ |
| 27 Apr 2021 | Michelle Donelan · Department for Education | View ↗ |
Correspondence
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Dec 2022 | — | Supplementary written evidence from His Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spiel… |
| 18 Oct 2022 | — | Supplementary evidence from the Children’s Commissioner on the number of childr… |
| 17 May 2022 | — | Supplementary evidence from the Secretary of State following his appearance bef… |
| 13 Jul 2021 | To cttee | Letter from Baroness Berridge providing further evidence following her appearan… |
| 23 Mar 2021 | To cttee | Letter from the Minister of State for Universities on Opportunity Areas, dated … |
| 7 Jan 2021 | To cttee | Letter from Dame Glenys Stacey, Acting Chief Regulator of Ofqual, following her… |
| 8 Dec 2020 | — | Supplementary evidence from Amanda Spielman, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector at O… |
| 20 Nov 2020 | From cttee | Letter to the Chair from the Children's Commissioner on childhood vulnerability… |
| 17 Nov 2020 | To cttee | Letter from the Minister of State for School Standards, following his appearanc… |
| 3 Nov 2020 | To cttee | Letter from the Minister of State for Universities, following her appearance be… |
| 23 Oct 2020 | — | Letter of clarification from the Minister of State for School Standards, follow… |
| 21 Oct 2020 | To cttee | Letter from the Secretary of State for Education, following his appearance befo… |
| 13 Oct 2020 | — | Supplementary evidence from the Office of the Children's Commissioner, followin… |
| 18 Sep 2020 | — | Correspondence to the Secretary of State regarding 2020 exams, 18 September 2020 |
| 2 Sep 2020 | From cttee | Letter to the Secretary of State for Education regarding recruitment of the Cha… |
| 2 Sep 2020 | — | Correspondence from the Secretary of State for Education regarding the recruitm… |
| 29 Jul 2020 | To cttee | Letter from the Secretary of State, on Recruitment of the Chair of the Office f… |
| 15 Jul 2020 | To cttee | Letter from the Secretary of State for Education, on the recruitment process fo… |
| 15 Jul 2020 | To cttee | Letter from the Secretary of State for Education, on the recruitment of a new S… |
| 17 Jun 2020 | — | Correspondence from the Department for Education on changes to Ofqual board mem… |