Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the timetable is for him to appoint the chair of the Social Mobility Commission.

The recruitment of a new Chair of the Social Mobility Commission is underway and applications closed on 30 March. This is a public appointment, and the process will be completed following the procedures set out in the Public Appointments guidance, available to view here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/code-of-practice-for-ministerial-appointments-to-public-bodies.