Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has a dedicated unit for the (a) monitoring and analysis, (b) evaluation and (c) the creation of social mobility policy.

Every stage of the education system plays a role in expanding opportunities for young people and adults. Social mobility therefore runs throughout every aspect of the department’s work. In ‘Unlocking Talent, Fulfilling Potential’, published in December 2017, the department set out an ambitious agenda for driving social mobility across a wide range of policy areas, from early years to careers. Given the breadth of this work and the fact that it cuts across so many parts of the department’s activity there are many units working on analysis, evaluation and creation of policies that drive social mobility.