The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families was a
secretary of state in the
Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the work of the
Department for Children, Schools and Families.
The post was created on 28 June 2007 after the disbanding of the
Department for Education and Skills by
Gordon Brown. The only Secretary of State with this title was
Ed Balls, a former treasury aide to Brown. He was responsible for coordinating work across Government relevant to youth justice, the ''respect agenda'' and family policy, while also taking over responsibility for education policy up to the age of 19 in
England from the
Department for Education and Skills, with the
Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills being responsible for education after that age. Other responsibilities included inputs into the Government's strategy for ending child poverty, with the
Department for Work and Pensions and into promoting the health of all children by working with the
Department of Culture, Media and Sport.
The corresponding
shadow minister was the
Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, and the Secretary of State was also scrutinised by the
Children, Schools and Families Select Committee
The Education Select Committee is a select committee of the House of Commons in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The remit of the committee is to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of the Department for Education and any asso ...
.
On 12 May 2010, the Department was again renamed and
Michael Gove
Michael Andrew Gove (; born Graeme Andrew Logan, 26 August 1967) is a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations since 2021. He has been Member of Parli ...
was appointed
Secretary of State for Education.
Secretary of State
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References
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Education in England
United Kingdom
Defunct ministerial offices in the United Kingdom
2007 establishments in the United Kingdom
2010 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Education ministers of the United Kingdom