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DfE lists responsibilities of its ministers a month after government reshuffle

DfE lists responsibilities of its ministers a month after government reshuffle

Confirmation that Nadhim Zahawi has responsibility for SEND, early years and safeguarding

15th February 2018, 6:19pm

The Department for Education has revealed the full list of responsibilities of its ministerial team, more than a month after the government reshuffle.

It confirms for the first time that Nadhim Zahawi has taken over the brief for special educational needs, early years and safeguarding from Robert Goodwill, who was sacked by Theresa May.

The DfE said that neither Mr Zahawi nor Lord Agnew are paid for their ministerial roles.

The full list of ministerial responsibilities, as listed by the DfE, is:

Damian Hinds, secretary of state for education

Responsible for the work of the DfE, including:

early years
children’s social care
teachers’ pay
the school curriculum
school improvement
academies and free schools
further education
higher education
apprenticeships and skills

Nick Gibb, minister of state for school standards

recruitment and retention of teachers and school leaders (including initial teacher training, qualifications and professional development)
supporting a high-quality teaching profession (including links to National College for Teaching and Leadership)
reducing teacher workload
admissions and school transport
national funding formula for schools and school revenue funding
curriculum, assessment and qualifications (including links with Ofqual)
school accountability (including links with Ofsted)
personal, social, health and economic education (PSHE), relationships education, relationships and sex education (RSE) and children and young people’s mental health
preventing bullying in schools
behaviour and attendance, exclusions and alternative provision policy

Lord Agnew, parliamentary under-secretary of state for the school system

free schools, university technical colleges and studio schools
academies and multi-academy trusts
faith schools
independent schools
home education and supplementary schools
intervention in underperforming schools
school improvement (including teaching school alliances, national and local leaders of education and school improvement funds)
school governance
school capital investment (including new school places, school condition, land and playing fields)
counter extremism and integration in schools, further education colleges and sixth-form colleges

Nadhim Zahawi, parliamentary under-secretary of state for children and families

children’s social care including child protection, children in care, adoption, care leavers, social work, local authority performance and family law
special educational needs including high needs funding
education policy in response to the race disparity audit
safeguarding in schools
disadvantaged pupils - including pupil premium and pupil premium plus
school sport, healthy pupils and school food, including free school meals
early years policy including inspection, regulation and literacy and numeracy
childcare policy, inspection and regulation
delivery of 30 hours free childcare offer
social mobility including opportunity areas

Anne Milton, minister of state for apprenticeships and skills

apprenticeships including the apprenticeship levy, traineeships and institutes of technology
technical education and skills, including T-levels
careers education, information and guidance
post-16 funding (including support for young people and adult learners)
further education colleges, sixth-form colleges and local patterns of provision (including area reviews and city deals)
adult education, including the National Retraining Scheme and links to the review of post-18 education and funding
reducing the number of young people who are not in education, employment or training
the Department for Education non-executive board