Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Vulnerable Children and Families)

Organisations: Department for Education

Responsibilities

The minister’s responsibilities include:

• children’s social care (including child protection, children in care and adoption, care leavers, local authority innovation and intervention, and the Children and Social Work Bill)

• special educational needs (including education, health and care plans and reforms, attainment and progress, high needs funding)

• rounded and resilient young people (including mental health and character)

• school sport and personal, social and health education (PSHE)

• links with the National Citizen Service

• behaviour and attendance, exclusions and alternative provision

• pupil premium (and pupil premium plus)

Previous holders of this role

1. Edward Timpson CBE KC

   2016 to 2017

Announcements

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• Talented graduates wanted for career in social work
  • 28 March 2017
  • Press release
• New report with practical advice for teachers on pupil behaviour
  • 24 March 2017
  • Press release
• Innovative projects to get £36 million funding boost
  • 20 March 2017
  • Press release
• New funding boost for pupils with SEND
  • 04 March 2017
  • Press release
• Government backs innovative projects for children and families
  • 24 January 2017
  • Press release
• Views sought ahead of review into residential special education
  • 23 January 2017
  • News story
• Funding for special educational needs support confirmed
  • 10 January 2017
  • Press release
• Education Secretary announces extra investment in social care
  • 03 November 2016
  • Press release
• Safeguarding unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children
  • 01 November 2016
  • Written statement
• Supporting care leavers to thrive: everyone’s business
  • 28 October 2016
  • Speech

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