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
Neil Carmichael MP (Conservative, Stroud) (Chair)
Lucy Allan MP (Conservative, Telford)
Ian Austin MP (Labour, Dudley North)
Michelle Donelan MP (Conservative, Chippenham)
Marion Fellows MP (Scottish National Party, Motherwell and Wishaw)
Suella Fernandes MP (Conservative, Fareham)
Lucy Frazer MP (Conservative, South East Cambridgeshire)
Lilian Greenwood MP (Labour, Nottingham South)
Catherine McKinnell MP (Labour, Newcastle upon Tyne North)
Ian Mearns MP (Labour, Gateshead)
William Wragg MP (Conservative, Hazel Grove)
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
Committee reports are published on the Committee’s website at www.parliament.uk/education-committee and in print by Order of the House.
Evidence relating to this report is published on the inquiry publications page of the Committee’s website.
Committee staff
The current staff of the Committee are Richard Ward (Clerk), Jack Dent (Second Clerk), Anna Connell-Smith (Committee Specialist), Nancy Wilkinson (Committee Specialist), Jonathan Arkless (Senior Committee Assistant), Simon Armitage (Committee Assistant), Gary Calder (Senior Media Officer), and Alex Gore (Media Officer).
Contacts
All correspondence should be addressed to the Clerk of the Education Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. The telephone number for general enquiries is 020 7219 1376; the Committee’s email address is educom@parliament.uk.
21 April 2017