Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, on how many occasions a request for a meeting by an hon. Member was not agreed to by (a) a Minister and (b) their office on behalf of a Minister in the last 12 months.

Engagement with hon. Members is a priority for the Secretary of State and her ministers, and every effort is made to respond to their requests for meetings promptly.

The specific information requested is not centrally collated and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Ministers at the Department will regularly seek to engage with hon. Members, whilst balancing wider Ministerial and Parliamentary responsibilities.