Education & Skills Select Committee

(Redirected from Education and Skills Select Committee)

The Education & Skills Select Committee was a committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The official name was the House of Commons, Education and Skills Committee.

The committee was abolished as a result of the abolition of the Department for Education and Skills, whose responsibilities were split between the new Department for Children, Schools and Families and the new Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. Committees were subsequently set up in line with the new departments.

Remit

The Education and Skills Committee was one of the House of Commons Select committees related to government departments: its terms of reference were to examine "the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Education and Skills and its associated public bodies".

The Committee chooses its own subjects of inquiry, within the overall terms of reference. It invited written evidence from interested parties and held public evidence sessions, usually in committee rooms at the House of Commons, although it did have the power to meet away from Westminster.

At the end of each inquiry, the Committee would normally agree a Report based on the evidence received. Such reports were published and made available on the internet. Reports usually contained recommendations to the Government and other bodies. The Government by convention responded to reports within about two months of publication. These responses were also published.

Inquiries

The Committee could examine any area of work related to the Department for Education and Skills and its associated public bodies, such as the Learning and Skills Council and Ofsted.

The inquiries that the committee carried out included:

Bullying
Citizenship education
Prison education
Further education
Special Educational Needs
Secondary education
Teaching children to read

References

External links

Former British parliamentary committees

Commons

Departmental	Agriculture Business and Enterprise Constitutional Affairs Education and Employment Education and Skills Energy and Climate Change Environment, Transport and Regional Affairs Exiting the European Union Innovation, Universities, Science and Skills International Trade Lord Chancellor's Department Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Social Security Trade and Industry Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Topical	European Scrutiny
Domestic	Accommodation and Works Administration Broadcasting Catering Information Regulatory Reform
Internal	Modernisation of the House of Commons Standards and Privileges
Regional	East Midlands East of England London North East North West South East South West West Midlands Yorkshire and the Humber

Lords

Topical	Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England
Domestic	House of Lords Offices

Joint

v t e Chairs of the Education Select Committee
Chairs of the Education and Employment Select Committee 1995-2001	Hodge 1995-1998 Wicks 1998-2001
Chairs of the Education and Skills Select Committee 2001-2007	Sheerman 2001-2007
Chairs of the Children, Schools and Families Committee 2007-2010	Sheerman 2007-2010
Chairs of the Education Select Committee 2010-present	Stuart 2010-2015 Carmichael 2015-2017 Halfon 2017-present

Categories:

Misplaced Pages