Secretary of State for Education
| Secretary of State for Education | |
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| Department for Education (England) | |
| Style |
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| Type | Minister of the Crown |
| Status | Secretary of State |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | The Prime Minister |
| Seat | Westminster |
| Nominator | The Prime Minister |
| Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
| Term length | At His Majesty's Pleasure |
| Formation |
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| First holder | William Cowper-Temple (as Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education) |
| Deputy | Minister of State for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Education |
| Salary | £159,038 per annum (2022)[1] (including £86,584 MP salary)[2] |
| Website | gov |
The secretary of state for education, also referred to as the education secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the work of the Department for Education,[3] mainly overseeing education in England. They are a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
The current education secretary is Bridget Phillipson.
List of secretaries (since 2010)
Colour key (for political parties):
Conservative
| Secretary of State | Term of office | Length of term | Party | Prime Minister | ||||
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Michael Gove[4] MP for Surrey Heath (tenure) |
12 May 2010 | 15 July 2014 | 4 years, 2 months and 3 days | Conservative | David Cameron (Coalition) | ||
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Nicky Morgan[5] MP for Loughborough |
15 July 2014 | 13 July 2016 | 1 year, 11 months and 28 days | Conservative | |||
| David Cameron (II) | ||||||||
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Justine Greening[6] MP for Putney |
14 July 2016 | 8 January 2018 | 1 year, 5 months and 25 days | Conservative | Theresa May (I) | ||
| Theresa May (II) | ||||||||
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Damian Hinds[7] MP for East Hampshire |
8 January 2018 | 24 July 2019 | 1 year, 6 months and 16 days | Conservative | |||
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Gavin Williamson[8] MP for South Staffordshire |
24 July 2019 | 15 September 2021 | 2 years, 1 month and 22 days | Conservative | Boris Johnson (I) | ||
| Boris Johnson (II) | ||||||||
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Nadhim Zahawi[9] MP for Stratford-on-Avon |
15 September 2021 | 5 July 2022 | 9 months and 20 days | Conservative | |||
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Michelle Donelan MP for Chippenham |
5 July 2022 | 7 July 2022 | 35 hours[10] | Conservative | |||
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James Cleverly[11] MP for Braintree |
7 July 2022 | 6 September 2022 | 1 month and 30 days | Conservative | |||
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Kit Malthouse[12] MP for North West Hampshire |
6 September 2022 | 25 October 2022 | 1 month and 19 days | Conservative | Liz Truss (Truss ministry) | ||
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Gillian Keegan MP for Chichester |
25 October 2022 | 5 July 2024 | 1 year, 8 months and 10 days | Conservative | Rishi Sunak (Sunak ministry) | ||
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Bridget Phillipson MP for Houghton and Sunderland South |
5 July 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 11 months and 7 days | Labour | Keir Starmer (I) | ||
References
- ↑ "Salaries of Members of His Majesty's Government – Financial Year 2022–23" (PDF). 15 December 2022.
- ↑ "Pay and expenses for MPs". parliament.uk. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
- ↑ "Secretary of State for Education". gov.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ↑ "Rt Hon Michael Gove MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ↑ "Baroness Morgan of Cotes". UK Parliament. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ↑ "Rt Hon Justine Greening". UK Parliament. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ↑ "Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ↑ "Rt Hon Gavin Williamson MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
- ↑ "Nadhim Zahawi MP". UK Parliament. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
- ↑ Gutteridge, Nick (2022-07-07). "Minister who quit after 35 hours is in line for £17,000 payout". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
- ↑ @10DowningStreet (July 7, 2022). "The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP @JamesCleverly has been appointed Secretary of State for Education @educationgovuk" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ @10DowningStreet (September 6, 2022). "The Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP @KitMalthouse as Secretary of State for Education @EducationGovUK #Reshuffle" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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