Department for Education

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Department for Education
Department overview
Formed	2010
Preceding Department	Department for Children, Schools and Families
Jurisdiction	England
Headquarters	London, England
Annual budget	£57.6 billion (current)
Minister responsible	Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Education
Department executive	Chris Wormald, Permanent Secretary
Child agencies	Education Funding Agency National College for School Leadership Standards and Testing Agency Teaching Agency
Website
www.education.gov.uk

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The Department for Education (DfE) is a department of the UK government responsible for issues affecting people in England up to the age of 19, including child protection and education.
A Department for Education previously existed between 1992, when the Department of Education and Science was renamed, and 1995 when it was merged with the Department for Employment to become the Department for Education and Employment.

Contents 1 History 1.1 Predecessor bodies 2 Responsibilities 3 Ministers 4 Board 5 Locations 6 Devolution 7 References 8 External links

History

The DfE was formed on 12 May 2010 by the incoming Conservative/LibDem coalition government, taking on the responsibilities and resources of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Predecessor bodies

See also: Secretary of State for Education

• Committee of the Privy Council on Education, 1839–1899
• Education Department, 1856–1899
• Board of Education, 1899–1944
• Ministry of Education, 1944–1964
• Department of Education and Science, 1964–1992
• Department for Education, 1992–1995
• Department for Education and Employment (DfEE), 1995–2001
• Department for Education and Skills (DfES), 2001–2007
• Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF), 2007–2010

Responsibilities

The department is led by the Secretary of State, currently Michael Gove. The Permanent Secretary is Chris Wormald. DfE is directly responsible for state schools in England. The predecessor department employed the equivalent of 2,695 staff as of April 2008 and planned to reduce to 2,620 by the end of April 2009.^[1]

Ministers

The Department for Education's Ministers are as follows: ^[2]

Minister		Rank	Portfolio
	The Rt Hon Michael Gove MP	Secretary of State	Overall responsibility
	The Rt Hon David Laws MP	Minister of State for Schools [3]	Pupil Premium, raising attainment, narrowing the gap; Teachers; School improvement, accountability, inspection; Funding; Admissions; Raising the participation age, and financial support for young people; Teaching Agency, National College; Child Poverty and Social Mobility Strategy; OFSTED
	Edward Timpson MP	Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children & Families	Adoption, fostering and residential care home reform; Child protection; Special educational needs; Family law and justice; Children’s and young people’s services; School sport; CAFCASS; Office of Children’s Commissioner for England
	Matthew Hancock MP	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills	Apprenticeships; FE and 16-19; Careers
	Elizabeth Truss MP	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education & Childcare	Childcare and early learning; Assessment, qualifications, and curriculum reform; Behaviour, attendance; School food review; Reducing bureaucracy; Standards and Testing Agency; OFQUAL
	Lord Hill of Oareford CBE	Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Schools	Academies, Free Schools, UTCs, Studio Schools, independent schools; School organisation; Education Funding Agency

Key		Conservative
		Liberal Democrat

Matthew Hancock works jointly between the department and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.^[4] David Laws works jointly between the department and the Cabinet Office.