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Written Question
Dominic Cummings
Monday 23rd June 2014

Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will release all email correspondence between officials, Ministers and special advisers in his Department and Dominic Cummings since Mr Cummings left the Department.

Answered by Matt Hancock

Mr Cummings is an ex-employee of the Department for Education. It is not uncommon for ex-employees to be in contact with Ministers and the Department. As the Secretary of State for Education explained to the House on Monday 16 June, many people seek to visit and contact the Department for Education to exchange ideas with old friends and colleagues.


Written Question
Dominic Cummings
Monday 23rd June 2014

Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Dominic Cummings has contacted officials, Ministers and special advisers in his Department through their (a) official or (b) personal email accounts on official business since Mr Cummings left the Department.

Answered by Matt Hancock

Mr Cummings is an ex-employee of the Department for Education. It is not uncommon for ex-employees to be in contact with Ministers and the Department. As the Secretary of State for Education explained to the House on Monday 16 June, many people seek to visit and contact the Department for Education to exchange ideas with old friends and colleagues.


Written Question
Dominic Cummings
Monday 23rd June 2014

Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when Dominic Cummings' security pass to the Department of Education was deactivated and withdrawn.

Answered by Matt Hancock

In line with the practice of successive Administrations, Government does not comment on security matters.


Written Question
Dominic Cummings
Monday 23rd June 2014

Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what requirements have been placed on Dominic Cummings, as part of his contractual terms, to obtain clearance for public statements or writings on matters of Government policy or the internal workings of Government.

Answered by Matt Hancock

These requirements are outlined in the relevant sections of the Civil Service Code and can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-service-code/the-civil-service-code.


Written Question
Dominic Cummings
Monday 23rd June 2014

Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether Dominic Cummings has had any email contact with officials, Ministers or Special Advisers in his Department since he resigned his post as a Special Adviser.

Answered by Matt Hancock

Mr Cummings is an ex-employee of the Department for Education. It is not uncommon for ex-employees to be in contact with Ministers and the Department. As the Secretary of State for Education explained to the House on Monday 16 June, many people seek to visit and contact the Department for Education to exchange ideas with old friends and colleagues.


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Monday 31st March 2014

Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the 60 mathematics teachers brought to the UK from Shanghai for an exchange organised by his Department were chosen.

Answered by Elizabeth Truss

We launched the Maths Teacher exchange between England and China in March 2014. The exchange will start in the next academic year. We are in the process of confirming arrangements, including which teachers from Shanghai will participate.


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Monday 24th March 2014

Asked by: Lisa Nandy (Labour - Wigan)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how the mathematics teachers recently brought by his Department from Shanghai to England to help raise standards were chosen; who those teachers are; and which schools they came from.

Answered by Elizabeth Truss

We launched the maths teacher exchange between England and China in March 2014. Up to 60 teachers from each country will participate in the exchange which will start in the autumn term of the next academic year. Teachers from Shanghai will be sent to English schools designated as centres of excellence for maths. We are in the process of confirming arrangements, including which teachers and schools will take part. The programme will be managed through our Maths Hubs network which will be in place by September.