The Education and Skills Committee
The Education and Skills Committee is appointed by
the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration
and policy of the Department for Education and Skills and its
associated public bodies.
Current membership
Mr Barry Sheerman MP (Labour, Huddersfield)
(Chairman)
Mr David Chaytor MP (Labour, Bury North)
Valerie Davey MP (Labour, Bristol West)
Jeff Ennis MP (Labour, Barnsley East & Mexborough)
Mr Nick Gibb MP (Conservative, Bognor Regis &
Littlehampton)
Paul Holmes MP (Liberal Democrat, Chesterfield)
Mr Robert Jackson MP (Conservative, Wantage)
Helen Jones MP (Labour, Warrington North)
Mr Kerry Pollard MP (Labour, St Albans)
Jonathan Shaw MP (Labour, Chatham and Aylesford)
Mr Andrew Turner MP (Conservative, Isle of Wight)
Powers
The Committee is one of the departmental select committees,
the powers of which are set out in House of Commons Standing Orders,
principally in
SO No 152. These are available on the Internet via
www.parliament.uk
Publications
The Reports and evidence of the Committee are published
by The Stationery Office by Order of the House. All publications
of the Committee (including press notices) are on the Internet
at: www.parliament.uk/parliamentary_committees/education_and_skills_committee.cfm
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are David Lloyd
(Clerk), Dr Sue Griffiths (Second Clerk), Sara Eustace (Committee
Specialist), Libby Aston (Committee Specialist), Lisa Wrobel (Committee
Assistant), Susan Monaghan (Committee Assistant), and Catherine
Jackson (Secretary).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Education and Skills Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank,
London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is
020 7219 6181; the Committee's email address is edskillscom@parliament.uk
Footnotes
In the footnotes of this Report, references to oral
evidence are indicated by 'Q' followed by the question number.
References to written evidence are indicated in the form 'Ev'
followed by the page number.
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