Commons Select Committee

Education Committee

Chair: Helen Hayes

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. 

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Current Members (11)

Active Inquiries (22)

The use of Artificial Intelligence and EdTech in Education

ActiveOpened 26 Feb 2026

Children and Young People's Mental Health

ActiveOpened 13 Feb 2026

Historical Forced Adoption

ActiveOpened 10 Feb 2026

Realising potential: Delivering the Child Poverty Strategy

ActiveOpened 29 Jan 2026

The work of the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual)

ActiveOpened 6 Jan 2026

Teacher Recruitment, Training and Retention

ActiveOpened 25 Nov 2025

Reading for Pleasure

ActiveOpened 23 Nov 2025

Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) and management of school estates

ActiveOpened 14 Oct 2025

Early Years: Improving Support for Children and Families

ActiveOpened 4 Sept 2025

School Attendance

ActiveOpened 8 Jul 2025

Higher Education and Funding: Threat of Insolvency and International Students

ActiveOpened 12 Jun 2025

Child Poverty Taskforce

ActiveOpened 6 May 2025

Curriculum and Assessment Review

ActiveOpened 23 Apr 2025

Pre-appointment Hearing: The Chair of The Office for Students (OfS)

ActiveOpened 10 Feb 2025

Children's Wellbeing and School Bill

ActiveOpened 21 Jan 2025

The Work of the Department for Education

ActiveOpened 1 Jan 2025

Solving the SEND Crisis

ActiveOpened 20 Dec 2024

The work of the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted)

ActiveOpened 5 Dec 2024

The work of the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted)

ActiveOpened 5 Dec 2024

Reform of level 3 qualifications

ActiveOpened 18 Nov 2024

Pre-appointment Hearing: Chief Regulator of Ofqual

ActiveOpened 18 Nov 2024

The work of the Children’s Commissioner for England

ActiveOpened 11 Nov 2024

Recent Publications (20)

Letter from Minister for Skills on Government’s reforms to technical and vocational qualifications for 16-19 year olds in England, 10.03.26

Correspondence

24 Mar 2026

Letter from The Salvation Army on Historical Forced Adoption, dated 12.06.26

CorrespondenceHistorical Forced Adoption

24 Mar 2026

Letter from HM Treasury on Higher Education and Funding: Threat of Insolvency and International Students dated 23.03.26

CorrespondenceHigher Education and Funding: Threat of Insolvency and International Students

24 Mar 2026

Letter from Barnardos on Historical Forced Adoption, dated 04.06.26

CorrespondenceHistorical Forced Adoption

24 Mar 2026

Letter from The Salvation Army on Historical Forced Adoption, dated 05.06.26

CorrespondenceHistorical Forced Adoption

24 Mar 2026

Letter from Permanent Secretary on the review of approach to consolidated academy financial reporting and audit and response dated 20.01.26 and 24.03.26

Correspondence

24 Mar 2026

Letter from Kanishka Narayan MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Science, Innovation & Technology on new Government consultation on AI and child online safety

Correspondence

10 Mar 2026

Letter from Secretary of State for Education on Schools White Paper and SEND Consultation, dated 23 February 2026

CorrespondenceSolving the SEND Crisis

3 Mar 2026

Letter from Secretary of State for Education on Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel into the death of baby Victoria Marten, dated 11.02.26

Correspondence

24 Feb 2026

Letter from Dame Melanie Dawes, Chief Executive, Ofcom on Grok AI and Protection of Women and Children Online, dated 11.02.26

Correspondence

24 Feb 2026

Letter from Natalie Don-Innes MSP, Minister for Children, Young People and The Promise on Historical Forced Adoption, dated 19.02.26

CorrespondenceHistorical Forced Adoption

24 Feb 2026

Teachers' Pension Scheme Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2025-26

Estimate memoranda

24 Feb 2026

Department for Education Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2025-26

Estimate memoranda

24 Feb 2026

Letter from Minister for Children and Families on the PHSO’s safeguarding and whistleblowing procedural changes, dated 02.02.26

Correspondence

24 Feb 2026

Letter from Secretary of State for Education on Keeping children safe in education (KCSIE) 2026 statutory guidance, dated 12.02.26

Correspondence

24 Feb 2026

7th Report - Foundations of Learning: replacing RAAC and securing school buildings

ReportReinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) and management of school estates

11 Feb 2026

HC 1399

Letter from Minister for Children and Families on the Government’s fostering reform pack-age 03.02.2026

Correspondence

10 Feb 2026

Letter from Minister for School Standards on the delegation of healthcare tasks to staff in schools, colleges and early years settings, 02.02.2026

Correspondence

10 Feb 2026

Correspondence with Minister for School Standards on Teacher recruitment, training and retention, 09.02.2026

CorrespondenceTeacher Recruitment, Training and Retention

10 Feb 2026

Open letter following the Curriculum and Assessment Review (CAR), January 2026

CorrespondenceCurriculum and Assessment Review

10 Feb 2026

Completed Inquiries (2)

Further Education and Skills

Closed29 Jan 202530 Jan 2026

Children’s social care

Closed22 Nov 20242 Feb 2026

Contact

educom@parliament.uk

020 7219 2370 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 8895 (media enquiries)

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