Committees

Accountability hearings

Inquiry

The Education Committee holds regular hearings with the Secretary of State for Education and other key figures directly accountable to Parliament. This forms part of the Committee’s ongoing scrutiny of the Department for Education and its associated public bodies.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was 11:00am on 11 November 2021.

Upcoming events

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Past events

Wednesday 6 December 2023
9:30am Public
Accountability hearings - Oral evidence 6 December 2023
9:30am
  • Gillian Keegan (Secretary of State at Department for Education)
  • Susan Acland-Hood (Permanent Secretary at Department for Education)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Wednesday 7 December 2022
9:30am Public
Accountability hearings - Oral evidence 7 December 2022
9:30am
  • Gillian Keegan (Secretary of State at Department for Education)
  • Susan Acland-Hood (Permanent Secretary at Department for Education)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 22 November 2022
10:00am Public
Accountability hearings - Oral evidence 22 November 2022
10:00am
  • Amanda Spielman (His Majesty's Chief Inspector at Ofsted)
  • Yvette Stanley (National Director for Regulation and Social Care at Ofsted)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Tuesday 5 July 2022
10:00am Public
Accountability hearings - Oral evidence 5 July 2022
10:00am
  • Dame Rachel de Souza (Children's Commissioner for England at Office of the Children's Commissioner for England)
Room 15, Palace of Westminster

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