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.
Current membership
Mr Graham Stuart MP (Conservative, Beverley and
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)
Caroline Nokes MP (Conservative, Romsey and Southampton
North)
Mr Dominic Raab MP (Conservative, Esher and Walton)
Mr David Ward MP (Liberal Democrat, Bradford East)
Craig Whittaker MP (Conservative, Calder Valley)
Chris Skidmore MP (Conservative, Kingswood)
was also a Member of the Committee for this 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.
Publication
Committee reports are published on the Committee's
website at
www.parliament.uk/education-committee and by The Stationery
Office by Order of the House.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Dr Lynn Gardner
(Clerk), Lloyd Owen (Second Clerk), Martin Smith (Committee Specialist),
Beryl-Joan Bonsu (Social Media Support Assistant), Ameet Chudasama
(Senior Committee Assistant), Simon Armitage (Committee Assistant)
and Hannah Pearce (Media Officer).
Dr Claudia Sumner was also a Committee Specialist
during the inquiry.
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk
of the Education Committee, House of Commons, 14 Tothill Street,
London SW1H 9NB. The telephone number for general enquiries is
020 7219 1333; the Committee's email address is educom@parliament.uk
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