Education Select Committee
The Education Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Education and any associated public bodies.
The chair of the committee until 2024 was Robin Walker MP. Previous chairs include Robert Halfon MP, Neil Carmichael and Graham Stuart MP.
Current membership
On 5 September 2024, nominations for the role were opened with the candidates being Labour MPs Sharon Hodgson, Marie Tidball and Helen Hayes. Hayes was elected. The full membership as of 29 October 2024 is:Changes since 2024
2019–2024 Parliament
The chair was elected on 27 January 2020, with the members of the committee being announced on 2 March 2020.Changes 2019–2024
Occasionally, the House of Commons orders changes to be made in terms of membership of select committees, as proposed by the Committee of Selection. Such changes are shown below.2017–2019 Parliament
The chair was elected on 12 July 2017, with the members of the committee being announced on 11 September 2017.Changes 2017–2019
2015–2017 Parliament
The chair was elected on 18 June 2015, with members being announced on 6 July 2015.Changes 2015–2017
2010–2015 Parliament
The chair was elected on 10 June 2010, with members being announced on 12 July 2010.Changes 2010–2015
Publications
2017 - 2019 Parliament
| Date | Title | Government response | |
| 8 October 2018 | Awaited | ||
| 25 July 2018 | Awaited | ||
| 13 July 2018 | N/A | ||
| 9 May 2018 | |||
| 22 March 2018 | |||
| 22 December 2017 |
2015-17 Parliament
| Date | Title | Government response |
| 2 May 2017 | ||
| 1 May 2017 | ||
| 25 April 2017 | ||
| 31 March 2017 | ||
| 28 February 2017 | ||
| 24 February 2017 | N/A | |
| 21 February 2017 | ||
| 13 February 2017 | ||
| 13 July 2016 | ||
| 7 July 2016 | ||
| 5 July 2016 | ||
| 28 April 2016 | ||
| 20 March 2016 | N/A | |
| 24 January 2016 | ||
| 20 January 2016 |