The Department for Education is responsible for children’s services and education, including early years, schools, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England.
Oral Answers to Questions is a regularly scheduled appearance where the Secretary of State and junior minister will answer at the Dispatch Box questions from backbench MPs
Other Commons Chamber appearances can be:Westminster Hall debates are performed in response to backbench MPs or e-petitions asking for a Minister to address a detailed issue
Written Statements are made when a current event is not sufficiently significant to require an Oral Statement, but the House is required to be informed.
| Date | Type | Title |
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| Jan. 20 | Oral Questions | Oral Answers to Questions |
| Jan. 20 | Topical Questions | Topical Questions |
| Jul. 16 | Urgent Questions | Relationship Education in Schools |
| Dec. 20 | Written Statements | Kensington and Chelsea College |
| Sep. 04 | Westminster Hall | LGBT Community and Acceptance Teaching |
| Jul. 03 | Adjournment Debate | Schools in Winchester |
| Current Signatures | Final Signatures | Title | Petition Deadline |
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187,902 Petition Closed |
School should start at 10am as teenagers are too tired Gov Responded - 22 Mar 2019 Debated on - 11 Feb 2019 |
4 Apr 2019 closed 9 months, 3 weeks ago |
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Teenagers are so tired due to having to wake up very early to get to school. The Government should require secondary schools to start later, which will lead to increased productivity at school. |
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165,932 Petition Closed |
Change the GCSE English Literature exam from closed book to open book. Gov Responded - 6 Feb 2018 Debated on - 26 Mar 2018 |
18 Mar 2018 closed 1 year, 10 months ago |
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Last year, lots of students struggled with GCSE English Literature as it was a closed book exam. Because of this many failed. How can they expect us to remember quotes from 15 poems, plus how to analyse them, plus remembering the whole plot, themes, characters and quotes from another book. |
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118,050 Petition Closed |
Give parents the right to opt their child out of Relationship and Sex Education Gov Responded - 9 Jan 2019 Debated on - 25 Feb 2019 |
18 Jun 2019 closed 7 months, 1 week ago |
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We believe it is the parent’s fundamental right to teach their child RSE topics or to at least decide who teaches them and when and how they are taught. We want the right to opt our children out of RSE when it becomes mandatory in Sept 2020. |
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| Date | Title | Type |
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| Jan. 22 | High-tech products to level the playing field for disabled pupils | News and Communications |
| Jan. 21 | Teachers set for biggest sustained pay increase since 2005 | News and Communications |
| Jan. 21 | Evidence to the STRB: 2020 pay award for school staff | Policy paper |
Written Questions are submitted by Members of Parliament and the House of Lords to receive information or updates from a Department.
Departments are required to respond in a timely fashion and provide a response or requested information. Written Questions can compel detailed and specific information to be produced, and are frequently used as the source of news stories about the work of a Department.
| Date | Title | Questioner |
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| 20 Jan 2020, 5:48 p.m. | Further Education | Martyn Day |
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Question To ask the Secretary of State Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the potential effect of the Government's proposed immigration legislation on tertiary education. Answer (Chris Skidmore) The Department remains closely engaged with the Home Office around the future immigration system, its design and its impact on tertiary education. Officials are involved in a number of cross-Whitehall meetings on system design, and attend the Education Sector Forum where the sector shares their views directly with the Home Office. |
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