Committees

Education Committee

Commons Select Committee

The Education Committee scrutinises the work of the Department for Education, covering children’s social care, schools, colleges, the early years and higher education. The Committee also holds regular hearings with DfE’s arms-length bodies, including Ofsted, Ofqual and the Children’s Commissioner. You can follow the Committee on Twitter @CommonsEd

For information about the work of committees before 2020 please go to inquiries before 2020 and publications before 2020. For information on former committees before 2020, please visit former committees.

4 current inquiries

Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report.

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Accountability hearings
Opened 17 March 2020
The impact of COVID-19 on education and children’s services
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 30 September 2020
Report:
Published
On 11 July 2020
Opened 25 March 2020
Adult skills and lifelong learning
Opened 26 March 2020
Left behind white pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds
Opened 17 April 2020

Non-inquiry work

Non-inquiry sessions
Non-inquiry sessions are brief packages of work that will not necessarily result in a report. They may be used to revisit previous inquiry topics or take evidence on a topical matter.

Latest news

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Government responds to Education Committee questions on catch-up proposals
The Education Committee publishses a letter from the Minister of State for Schools
29 July 2020
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Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND): Education Committee publishes Government response to report
Education Committee publishes Government response
23 July 2020
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Education Committee holds evidence session on vulnerable children
The Education Committee looks into the effects of the Covid-19 outbreak on children in social care
17 July 2020

Latest publications

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Letter from the Secretary of State, on Recruitment of the Chair of the Office for Students, 22 July 2020.
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Correspondence
Letter from the Minister of State for School Standards, on catch-up funding and the attainment gap, 27 July 2020
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Correspondence
First Special Report: Special Educational Needs and Disabilities: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report of Session 2019
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Special Report

Useful information

Tackling disadvantage in the early years
A report by the Education Committee

Contact us

  • Email: educom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: (General Enquiries) 020 7219 2370 / (Media Enquiries) 020 7219 1679
  • Address: Education Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA