Minister of State (Minister for Children and Families)
Organisations:
Department for Education
Responsibilities
The minister’s responsibilities include:
- child protection (including protection from child sexual exploitation and safeguarding), local authority children’s social care and family law
- children in care, care leavers and adoption
- childcare policy including delivery of the 30 hours free childcare offer, inspection and regulation
- early years policy including inspection, regulation and literacy and numeracy
- funding for publicly funded schools in England to raise the attainment of disadvantaged pupils of all abilities (pupil premium and pupil premium plus)
- funding and policy on free school meals
- special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
- school sports and healthy pupils
- cadets and military ethos in the education system
- improving social mobility in the 12 opportunity areas
Previous holders of this role
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Robert Goodwill
2017 to 2018
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Edward Timpson CBE KC
2015 to 2016
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Sarah Teather
2010 to 2012