Damian Hinds
Conservative - East Hampshire
First elected: 6th May 2010
Shadow Secretary of State for Education
(since July 2024)11 Former APPG memberships
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Debates during the 2024 Parliament
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Sparring Partners
Shadow Parliamentary Under Secretary (Energy Security and Net Zero)
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Department Debates
(9 debate contributions)
Legislation Debates
Damian Hinds has not made any spoken contributions to legislative debateLatest EDMs signed by Damian Hinds
Commons initiatives
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Damian Hinds has not been granted any Urgent Questions
Damian Hinds has not been granted any Adjournment Debates
Damian Hinds has not introduced any legislation before Parliament
3 Bills co-sponsored by Damian Hinds
Vehicle Registration Offences (Penalty Points) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Andrew Griffith (Con)
Education Employment (Accompaniment to Hearings) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Brendan Clarke-Smith (Con)
Essay Mills (Prohibition) Bill 2019-21
Sponsor - Chris Skidmore (Con)
Latest 2 Written Questions
(View all written questions)The capacity of state-funded schools as at May 2023 is published in the annual school capacity official statistics publication and is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-capacity. The data is available at local authority level and by phase (primary and secondary).
Pupil numbers up to age 16 are published in the ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ official statistics publication and are available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-pupils-and-their-characteristics. The data is available by local authority, age and school type. Please note that statistics from the school census are on the base of age, rather than key stage.
Minister of State (Education)
The capacity of state-funded school sixth forms and the number of students on roll in these sixth forms, as at May 2023, is published in the annual school capacity official statistics publication, which is available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/school-capacity and https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/fast-track/cfb70ec9-6e0a-4405-befa-08dc3901786a.
Information on the number of students aged 16-19 enrolled in independent schools, broken down by local authority, is published in the June ‘Schools, pupils and their characteristics’ report. This can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/9b2df1d1-0559-463c-531c-08dca71310d3
Information on further education colleges and sixth form colleges is not available in the format requested.
Minister of State (Education)