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Department for Education and Skills

Last update: 19 Jul 2005 10:56

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Department for Education and Skills

The Department for Education and Skills is the government department with overall responsibility for the country's policies and legislation on education and skills. Established in 2001 following the Whitehall shake-up which saw the Department for Education and Employment scrapped, the Department's website states its purposes as being "creating opportunity, releasing potential and achieving excellence for all".

There is a team of seven ministers heading the department, currently comprising of:

  • Ruth Kelly, Secretary of State
  • Jacqui Smith, Minister of State for Schools
  • Beverley Hughes, Minister of State for Children and Families
  • Bill Rammell, Minister of State for Higher Education and Lifelong Learning
  • Maria Eagle, Phil Hope and Lord Adonis – junior ministers responsible for supporting the ministers of state.

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