The Education Committee
The Education Committee is appointed
by the House of Commons to examine the expenditure, administration
and policy of the Department for Education and its associated
public bodies.
Membership at time Report agreed:
Mr Graham Stuart MP (Conservative,
Beverley & Holderness) (Chair)
Neil Carmichael MP (Conservative,
Stroud)
Alex Cunningham MP (Labour, Stockton
North)
Bill Esterson MP (Labour, Sefton
Central)
Pat Glass MP (Labour, North West
Durham)
Siobhain McDonagh MP (Labour, Mitcham
and Morden)
Ian Mearns MP (Labour, Gateshead)
Mr Dominic Raab MP (Conservative,
Esher and Walton)
Chris Skidmore MP (Conservative,
Kingswood)
Mr David Ward MP (Liberal Democrat,
Bradford East)
Craig Whittaker MP (Conservative,
Calder Valley)
Charlotte Leslie MP (Conservative,
Bristol North West) was also a member of the Committee during
the inquiry.
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/education-committee
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are
Dr Lynn Gardner (Clerk), Katy Stout (Second Clerk), Martin Smith
(Committee Specialist), Claudia Sumner (Committee Specialist),
Ameet Chudasama (Senior Committee Assistant) and Caroline McElwee
(Committee Assistant).
Jake Anders was a Committee Specialist
on the staff during the inquiry.
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed
to the Clerk of the Education Committee, House of Commons, 7 Millbank,
London SW1P 3JA. The telephone number for general enquiries is
020 7219 6181; the Committee's e-mail address is educom@parliament.uk
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