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.
Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP (Conservative, Harlow) (Chair)
Lucy Allan MP (Conservative, Telford)
Michelle Donelan MP (Conservative, Chippenham)
Marion Fellows MP (Scottish National Party, Motherwell and Wishaw)
James Frith MP (Labour, Bury North)
Emma Hardy MP (Labour, Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle)
Trudy Harrison MP (Conservative, Copeland)
Ian Mearns MP (Labour, Gateshead)
Lucy Powell MP (Labour (Co-op), Manchester Central)
Thelma Walker MP (Labour, Colne Valley)
Mr William Wragg MP (Conservative, Hazel Grove)
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.
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.
The current staff of the Committee are Richard Ward (Clerk), Katya Cassidy (Second Clerk), Anna Connell-Smith (Committee Specialist), Chloë Cockett (Committee Specialist), Madeline Williams (Inquiry Manager), Jonathan Arkless (Senior Committee Assistant), Hajera Begum (Committee Apprentice), Gary Calder (Senior Media Officer), and Oliver Florence (Media Officer).
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.
28 November 2017