Department for Education: Coronavirus

(asked on 8th October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) personal confidentiality agreements; and (2) non-disclosure agreements, the Department for Education has signed with stakeholders and third parties advising the department on its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.


Answered by
Baroness Berridge Portrait
Baroness Berridge
This question was answered on 20th October 2020

All members of the Department’s Recovery Advisory Group signed personal confidentiality agreements. None of the DfE’s other COVID-19 advisory groups have signed either personal confidentiality agreements or non-disclosure agreements. This includes members of the COVID-19 Response School Stakeholder Advisory Group.

To date, there have been 6 meetings of the COVID-19 Response School Stakeholder Advisory Group. Members of the COVID-19 Response School Stakeholder Advisory Group are:

  • National Association of Headteachers (NAHT)
  • NASUWT
  • National Education Union (NEU)
  • Unison
  • Unite
  • GMB
  • National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD)
  • Association of Educational Psychologists (AEP)
  • Prospect
  • TUC
  • Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL)
  • Confederation of School Trusts (CST)
  • Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS)
  • Local Government Association (LGA)
  • National Governance Association (NGA)
  • Chartered College of Teaching (CCoT)
  • Catholic Education Service (CES)
  • Church of England Education Office (CofEEO)
  • Independent Schools Council (ISC)
  • Institute of School Business Leadership (ISBL)
  • Voice
  • University and College Union (UCU)
  • Sixth Form College Association (SFCA)
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