Michael Gove Portrait

Michael Gove

Conservative - Former Member for Surrey Heath

First elected: 5th May 2005

Left House: 30th May 2024 (Dissolution)


Michael Gove is not a member of any APPGs
Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
25th Oct 2022 - 5th Jul 2024
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
25th Oct 2022 - 5th Jul 2024
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
25th Oct 2022 - 30th May 2024
Minister for Intergovernmental Relations
19th Sep 2021 - 6th Sep 2022
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
19th Sep 2021 - 6th Jul 2022
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
8th Dec 2021 - 6th Jul 2022
Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
13th Feb 2020 - 1st Oct 2021
Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government
15th Sep 2021 - 19th Sep 2021
Minister for the Cabinet Office and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
13th Feb 2020 - 15th Sep 2021
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
24th Jul 2019 - 13th Feb 2020
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
11th Jun 2017 - 24th Jul 2019
Committee on the Future Relationship with the European Union
31st Oct 2016 - 3rd May 2017
Committee on Exiting the European Union
31st Oct 2016 - 3rd May 2017
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice
8th May 2015 - 14th Jul 2016
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury and Chief Whip
15th Jul 2014 - 8th May 2015
Secretary of State for Education
12th May 2010 - 15th Jul 2014
Shadow Secretary of State (Children, Schools and Families)
3rd Jul 2007 - 6th May 2010
Shadow Minister (Communities and Local Government) (Housing and Planning)
10th May 2005 - 3rd Jul 2007
European Scrutiny Committee
28th Jun 2005 - 22nd Jan 2007


Division Voting information

Michael Gove has voted in 2660 divisions, and 17 times against the majority of their Party.

9 Jul 2019 - Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill - View Vote Context
Michael Gove voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 72 Conservative Aye votes vs 84 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 332 Noes - 99
14 Mar 2019 - UK’s Withdrawal from the European Union - View Vote Context
Michael Gove voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 112 Conservative Aye votes vs 188 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 412 Noes - 202
21 May 2013 - Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - View Vote Context
Michael Gove voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 124 Conservative Aye votes vs 134 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 366 Noes - 161
20 May 2013 - Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - View Vote Context
Michael Gove voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 99 Conservative No votes vs 121 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 150 Noes - 340
20 May 2013 - Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - View Vote Context
Michael Gove voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 95 Conservative No votes vs 125 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 148 Noes - 339
20 May 2013 - Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - View Vote Context
Michael Gove voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 92 Conservative No votes vs 126 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 163 Noes - 321
5 Feb 2013 - Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill - View Vote Context
Michael Gove voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 131 Conservative Aye votes vs 139 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 400 Noes - 175
11 Jul 2012 - Sittings of the House - View Vote Context
Michael Gove voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 87 Conservative No votes vs 142 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 241 Noes - 256
11 Jul 2012 - Sittings of the House - View Vote Context
Michael Gove voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 93 Conservative Aye votes vs 139 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 267 Noes - 233
11 Jul 2012 - Sittings of the House - View Vote Context
Michael Gove voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 90 Conservative Aye votes vs 123 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 280 Noes - 184
3 Jul 2008 - Members’ Salaries - View Vote Context
Michael Gove voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 35 Conservative No votes vs 46 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 155 Noes - 196
3 Jul 2008 - Members’ Salaries - View Vote Context
Michael Gove voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 34 Conservative No votes vs 46 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 141 Noes - 216
3 Jul 2008 - Members’ Salaries - View Vote Context
Michael Gove voted No - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 37 Conservative No votes vs 42 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 123 Noes - 224
6 May 2008 - Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill - View Vote Context
Michael Gove voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 3 Conservative Aye votes vs 121 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 338 Noes - 136
19 Mar 2007 - UK Borders Bill - View Vote Context
Michael Gove voted Aye - against a party majority and in line with the House
One of 28 Conservative Aye votes vs 81 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 310 Noes - 100
1 Nov 2006 - Legislative Process - View Vote Context
Michael Gove voted Aye - against a party majority and against the House
One of 34 Conservative Aye votes vs 105 Conservative No votes
Tally: Ayes - 122 Noes - 354
1 Nov 2006 - Legislative Process - View Vote Context
Michael Gove voted No - against a party majority and against the House
One of 55 Conservative No votes vs 69 Conservative Aye votes
Tally: Ayes - 365 Noes - 62
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All Debates

Speeches made during Parliamentary debates are recorded in Hansard. For ease of browsing we have grouped debates into individual, departmental and legislative categories.

Sparring Partners
John Bercow (Speaker)
(225 debate interactions)
Lindsay Hoyle (Speaker)
(132 debate interactions)
Andy Burnham (Labour)
(70 debate interactions)
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Department Debates
Department for Education
(2054 debate contributions)
Cabinet Office
(1251 debate contributions)
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Legislation Debates
Fisheries Bill 2017-19
(13,203 words contributed)
Higher Education and Research Act 2017
(10,984 words contributed)
Ivory Act 2018
(6,572 words contributed)
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Latest EDMs signed by Michael Gove

Michael Gove has not signed any Early Day Motions

Commons initiatives

These initiatives were driven by Michael Gove, and are more likely to reflect personal policy preferences.

MPs who are act as Ministers or Shadow Ministers are generally restricted from performing Commons initiatives other than Urgent Questions.


Michael Gove has not been granted any Urgent Questions

Michael Gove has not been granted any Adjournment Debates

18 Bills introduced by Michael Gove


A Bill to make provision for the setting of levelling-up missions and reporting on progress in delivering them; about local democracy; about town and country planning; about Community Infrastructure Levy; about the imposition of Infrastructure Levy; about environmental outcome reports for certain consents and plans; about regeneration; about the compulsory purchase of land; about information and records relating to land, the environment or heritage; for the provision for pavement licences to be permanent; about governance of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; about vagrancy and begging; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 26th October 2023 and was enacted into law.


A Bill to make provision about the safety of people in or about buildings and the standard of buildings, to amend the Architects Act 1997, and to amend provision about complaints made to a housing ombudsman.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 28th April 2022 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 12th May 2021

A Bill to make provision about the dissolution and calling of Parliament, including provision for the repeal of the Fixed-term Parliaments Act 2011; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 24th March 2022 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 26th May 2010

Following agreement by both Houses on the text of the Bill it received Royal Assent on 27 July. The Bill is now an Act of Parliament (law).

This Bill received Royal Assent on 27th July 2010 and was enacted into law.


A Bill to make provision about non-domestic rating.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 26th October 2023 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 30th December 2020

A Bill to Implement, and make other provision in connection with, the Trade and Cooperation Agreement; to make further provision in connection with the United Kingdom’s future relationship with the EU and its member States; to make related provision about passenger name record data, customs and privileges and immunities; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 30th December 2020 and was enacted into law.


A Bill to provide that the Secretary of State’s powers in relation to the management of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, include the power to grant a lease in respect of land for a period of up to 150 years

This Bill received Royal Assent on 9th September 2019 and was enacted into law.


A Bill to make provision to prohibit the use of wild animals in travelling circuses.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 24th July 2019 and was enacted into law.


Following agreement by both Houses on the text of the Bill it received Royal Assent on 20 December 2018. The Bill is now an Act of Parliament (law). A Bill to prohibit dealing in ivory, and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 20th December 2018 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 4th February 2013

This Bill received Royal Assent on 13th March 2014 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 25th February 2013

This Bill received Royal Assent on 13th March 2014 and was enacted into law.

Introduced: 26th January 2011

This Bill received Royal Assent on 15th November 2011 and was enacted into law.


A bill to prohibit the grant or assignment of certain new long residential leases of houses, to amend the rights of tenants under long residential leases to acquire the freeholds of their houses, to extend the leases of their houses or flats, and to collectively enfranchise or manage the buildings containing their flats, to give such tenants the right to reduce the rent payable under their leases to a peppercorn, to regulate the relationship between residential landlords and tenants, to regulate residential estate management, to regulate rentcharges and to amend the Building Safety Act 2022 in connection with the remediation of building defects and the insolvency of persons who have repairing obligations relating to certain kinds of buildings.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 24th May 2024 and was enacted into law.


A Bill to make provision to prevent public bodies from being influenced by political or moral disapproval of foreign states when taking certain economic decisions, subject to certain exceptions; and for connected purposes.

Commons Completed
Lords - 60%

Last Event - Committee Stage
Tuesday 14th May 2024
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A Bill to make provision changing the law about rented homes, including provision abolishing fixed term assured tenancies and assured shorthold tenancies; imposing obligations on landlords and others in relation to rented homes and temporary and supported accommodation; and for connected purposes.

Commons Completed
Lords - 40%

Last Event - 2nd Reading
Wednesday 15th May 2024

The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill to make provision about policy objectives in relation to fisheries, fishing and aquaculture; to make provision about access to British fisheries; to make provision about the licensing of fishing boats; to make provision about the determination and distribution of fishing opportunities; to make provision enabling schemes to be established for charging for unauthorised catches of sea fish; to make provision about grants in connection with fishing, aquaculture or marine conservation; to make provision about the recovery of costs in respect of the exercise of public functions relating to fish or fishing; to confer powers to make further provision in connection with fisheries, aquaculture or aquatic animals; to make provision about byelaws and orders relating to the exploitation of sea fisheries; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 80%

Last Event - Committee Debate: 9th Sitting: House Of Commons
Monday 17th December 2018
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The Bill failed to complete its passage through Parliament before the end of the session. This means the Bill will make no further progress. A Bill To authorise new expenditure for certain agricultural and other purposes; to make provision about direct payments during an agricultural transition period following the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union; to make provision about the acquisition and use of information connected with food supply chains; to confer power to respond to exceptional market conditions affecting agricultural markets; to confer power to modify retained direct EU legislation relating to agricultural and rural development payments and public market intervention and private storage aid; to make provision about marketing standards and the classification of carcasses; to make provision for the recognition of associations of agricultural producers which may benefit from certain exemptions from competition law; to confer power to make regulations about contracts for the purchase of agricultural products from agricultural producers and securing compliance with the WTO Agreement on Agriculture; and for connected purposes.

Commons - 80%

Last Event - Committee Debate: 13th Sitting: House Of Commons
Tuesday 20th November 2018

To make provision about the mode of trial and maximum penalty for certain offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

Commons - 80%

Last Event - Committee Stage: House Of Commons
Thursday 25th July 2019

Latest 48 Written Questions

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Written Questions can be tabled by MPs and Lords to request specific information information on the work, policy and activities of a Government Department
1st Feb 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department and its non-departmental public bodies are taking to support poetry, creative writing and community drama.

The Government is committed to making sure that everyone has the opportunity to experience and participate in all forms of arts and culture, and has protected funding for the arts in England over the life of this Parliament, which will support poetry, creative writing and community drama.

In addition, Arts Council England's Creative Writing in Schools provides funding for the charity First Story, which has been able to bring professional writers into secondary schools serving low-income communities to help students find their voices and raise their aspirations.

The Poetry Society will receive over £1 million in funding by 2018, which will help it continue to be one of Britain’s most dynamic arts organisations, representing British poetry both nationally and internationally.

Community drama which delivers a number of arts and cultural programmes to the local community, and theatre companies such as Kendal Community Theatre, who provide workshops and training for aspiring actors remain important initiatives that benefit from public funding.

Ultimately poetry, creative writing and community drama are underpinned by excellent English teaching, which since 2010 we have worked tirelessly to support.

1st Feb 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure the museum sector contributes to her Department's tourism-related objectives.

Museums play an important role in contributing to tourism across the country. According to the International Passenger Survey 27% of international visits to the UK involve a trip to a museum or gallery.

DCMS is supporting the growth of tourism through a number of activities related to museums including:

  • DCMS sponsored national museums and galleries are encouraged to work with regional museums through their funding agreements with DCMS.
  • The sponsorship of Arts Council England (ACE), the national body which supports museums and galleries in England. This includes ACE’s investment of £3m into a new Cultural Destinations programme, to enable arts and culture organisations working in partnership with destination management organisations to increase their reach, engagement and resilience through working with the tourism sector

All of these actions support the Prime Minister’s Tourism Action Plan published in August 2016, a key aim of which is to grow tourism throughout the country.

16th Mar 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department paid any sums in to the Baker-Dearing Trust in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16 and (c) 2016-17.

The Department has paid the following sums to the Baker Dearing Trust (BDT):

(a) 2014/15 - £213,191

(b) 2015/16 - £157,364

(c) 2016/17 –£138,341 (from 1 April 2016 – 31 January 2017)

BDT provide advice, guidance and pre-approval support to proposer groups developing applications to establish UTCs. The Department funds this work through a competitively tendered grant award.

15th Mar 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many independent schools currently sponsor academies; what independent schools sponsor academies; and which academies each such independent school sponsors.

As of 3 March 2017, eight organisations have been set up by independent schools for the purpose of sponsoring academies. They currently sponsor 11 academies in total.

Three free schools are sponsored by independent schools.

The following table contains the names of the relevant academies, the sponsor organisations to which they are linked, and the relevant independent school(s) that originally established the sponsor organisation.

Academy Name

Sponsor name

Independent School/ Independent School Organisation

Orchard Meadow Primary School

Blackbird Academy Trust

Dragon School

Windale Community Primary School

Blackbird Academy Trust

Dragon School

Theale Green School

Bradfield College

Bradfield College

The Bourne Academy

Canford School

Canford School

Birkenhead High School Academy

Girls' Day School Trust (GDST)

Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) – umbrella body of independent schools

The Belvedere Academy

Girls' Day School Trust (GDST)

Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) – umbrella body of independent schools

Haileybury Turnford

Haileybury Academy Trust

Haileybury and Imperial Service College

Messing Primary School

New Hall Academy Trust

New Hall School

The Steiner Academy Hereford

Steiner Waldorf

Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship – umbrella body of independent schools

Wellington Primary Academy

Wellington College

Wellington College

The Wellington Academy

Wellington College

Wellington College

The following table contains the names of the relevant free schools and the sponsoring independent schools.

Free School Name

Independent School/ Independent School Organisation

New Islington Free School

Manchester Grammar School

London Academy of Excellence

Brighton College & a consortium of Eton College, Highgate School, City of London School

Holyport Free School

Eton College

15th Mar 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which university vice-chancellors she has met to discuss sponsoring free schools.

My Rt Hon Friend, the Secretary of State has held meetings with vice chancellors and representative bodies, including Universities UK, as part of her engagement with the higher education sector on how it can increase its involvement with schools, including through the establishment of free schools. The Government is currently considering responses to the Schools that work for everyone consultation and will respond in due course.

15th Mar 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 6 February 2017 to Question 63174, on Department for Education: third sector, what information her Department holds on which charitable and voluntary organisations are in receipt of grants from her Department; what the value of each such grant is; and how each such grant was allocated.

The Department publishes details of all expenditure exceeding £25,000 and they are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dfe-department-and-executive-agency-spend-over-25-000 .

This information is taken directly from our financial systems where reported expenditure includes all payments made to organisations. However, those systems do not distinguish between payments made to charitable and voluntary sector organisations and those made to the private sector. We have attempted to consider alternative sources of information.

The DfE Grants Register (in Excel format) covers grants awarded and the planned allocation of funds including to organisations in the charitable and voluntary sectors. An extract of the information held is attached, though this does not give the total picture as we are updating the data as part of a migration process to a new system.

To provide information on all grants actually paid would incur a disproportionate cost.

15th Mar 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to protect girls from female genital mutilation.

The Department for Education’s vision statement, Putting Children First, published in July 2016, set out our commitment to protecting children from all forms of abuse, including female genital mutilation (FGM). The Children and Social Work Bill, currently before Parliament, will help us to deliver the change needed to secure a system that meets children’s needs.

As well as that wide-ranging work on safeguarding, we are currently funding two voluntary sector organisations working to safeguard girls from FGM. The Foundation for Women’s Health Research and Development (FORWARD) and the Midaye Somali Development Network have been allocated a total of over £600,000 for work from December 2016 until March 2018.

On 1 March the Secretary of State made a statement to this House announcing her intention to put Relationships and Sex Education on a statutory footing. There will be a comprehensive programme of engagement, followed by full public consultation, and I know that those campaigning on issues such as FGM will want to contribute to that discussion.

15th Mar 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many serious case reviews were published in full in 2016.

Where a serious case has occurred (in which abuse or neglect is known or suspected, and either a child has died, or a child has been seriously harmed and there is cause for concern as to the way local agencies have worked together to safeguard the child), it is the responsibility of the Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCB) in a local authority area to decide whether or not to initiate a serious case review (SCR).

Ofsted collects and publishes data on notifiable incidents, and of these, data on the initiation of serious case reviews (SCRs).

Information on the publication and non-publication of SCRs is not available in the format requested. However, the following latest statistics are provided in the third report of the national panel of independent experts on Serious Case Reviews, which advises Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) on the initiation and publication of SCRs:

Period

Completed SCRs received by panel

SCRs where panel considered case for non-publication

SCRs where panel agreed with case for non-publication

SCRs where panel disagreed with non-publication

SCRs where panel agreed to anonymous publication on NSPCC website

SCRs where panel agreed to a summary publication

01/07/13 to 30/06/14

74

7

4

0

2

1

01/07/14 to 30/06/15

80

16

8

4

3

1

01/07/15 to 30/06/16

110

17

4

9

3

1

Under the statutory guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children (2015), LSCBs should complete an SCR within six months. The current statutory guidance does not specify a timescale for publication of the SCR report.

15th Mar 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many serious case reviews commissioned in 2014 have not been published in full.

Where a serious case has occurred (in which abuse or neglect is known or suspected, and either a child has died, or a child has been seriously harmed and there is cause for concern as to the way local agencies have worked together to safeguard the child), it is the responsibility of the Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCB) in a local authority area to decide whether or not to initiate a serious case review (SCR).

Ofsted collects and publishes data on notifiable incidents, and of these, data on the initiation of serious case reviews (SCRs).

Information on the publication and non-publication of SCRs is not available in the format requested. However, the following latest statistics are provided in the third report of the national panel of independent experts on Serious Case Reviews, which advises Local Safeguarding Children Boards (LSCBs) on the initiation and publication of SCRs:

Period

Completed SCRs received by panel

SCRs where panel considered case for non-publication

SCRs where panel agreed with case for non-publication

SCRs where panel disagreed with non-publication

SCRs where panel agreed to anonymous publication on NSPCC website

SCRs where panel agreed to a summary publication

01/07/13 to 30/06/14

74

7

4

0

2

1

01/07/14 to 30/06/15

80

16

8

4

3

1

01/07/15 to 30/06/16

110

17

4

9

3

1

Under the statutory guidance Working Together to Safeguard Children (2015), LSCBs should complete an SCR within six months. The current statutory guidance does not specify a timescale for publication of the SCR report.

15th Mar 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, (a) how many and (b) which state schools entered candidates for A-level Greek in 2015-16.

Information on the number of A level entries to Modern and Classical Greek by students at the end of advanced level study in 2015/16 is published at school level in the performance tables underlying data download file[1]

There were 54 state funded schools with pupils at the end of advanced level study in the 2015/16 academic year with A level entries to modern or classical Greek. A list of these schools is provided in the table below.

Local Authority

URN

School or college name

School or college type

A level entries in

Camden

100054

The Camden School for Girls

Voluntary Aided School

Classical Greek

Lambeth

100638

Bishop Thomas Grant Catholic Secondary School

Voluntary Aided School

Modern Greek

Barnet

101361

St Michael's Catholic Grammar School

Voluntary Aided School

Modern Greek

Barnet

101365

Bishop Douglass School Finchley

Voluntary Aided School

Modern Greek

Bromley

101676

St Olave's and St Saviour's Grammar School

Voluntary Aided School

Classical Greek

Enfield

102047

Southgate School

Community School

Modern Greek

Enfield

102049

Chace Community School

Community School

Modern Greek

Enfield

102055

The Latymer School

Voluntary Aided School

Modern Greek

Birmingham

103560

Bishop Challoner Catholic College

Voluntary Aided School

Modern Greek

Newcastle upon Tyne

108524

Walbottle Campus

Community School

Modern Greek

Dorset

113854

Ferndown Upper School

Community School

Modern Greek

Brighton and Hove

114607

Hove Park School and Sixth Form Centre

Community School

Modern Greek

Gloucestershire

115758

Rednock School

Foundation School

Modern Greek

East Riding of Yorkshire

118075

Withernsea High School

Community School

Modern Greek

Kent

118840

Simon Langton Girls' Grammar School

Voluntary Controlled School

Classical Greek

Staffordshire

124407

Westwood College

Foundation School

Modern Greek

Enfield

132256

Highlands School

Community School

Modern Greek

Lewisham

135073

Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College

Sponsored Academy

Classical Greek

Bristol, City of

135581

Colston's Girls' School

Sponsored Academy

Modern Greek

Hertfordshire

135876

Francis Combe Academy

Sponsored Academy

Modern Greek

Barnet

136308

Ashmole Academy

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Lincolnshire

136358

Branston Community Academy

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Buckinghamshire

136419

Dr Challoner's Grammar School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Bedford

136470

Sharnbrook Upper School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Kent

136581

Valley Park School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Warwickshire

136587

Ashlawn School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Hertfordshire

136607

The John Warner School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Kingston upon Thames

136615

The Tiffin Girls' School

Converter Academy

Classical Greek

Gloucestershire

136623

Chosen Hill School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Barnet

136658

East Barnet School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Milton Keynes

136730

Shenley Brook End School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Lancashire

136742

Lancaster Royal Grammar School

Converter Academy

Classical Greek

Sutton

136785

Cheam High School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Sutton

136795

Nonsuch High School for Girls

Converter Academy

Classical Greek

Sutton

136800

Greenshaw High School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Kingston upon Thames

136910

Tiffin School

Converter Academy

Classical Greek

Hammersmith and Fulham

137157

The London Oratory School

Converter Academy

Classical Greek

Harrow

137177

Harrow High School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Warwickshire

137302

King Edward VI School

Converter Academy

Classical Greek

West Berkshire

137465

St Bartholomew's School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Sefton

137520

Maghull High School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Brent

137685

Kingsbury High School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Essex

137790

Plume School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Essex

137814

Colchester Royal Grammar School

Converter Academy

Classical Greek

Oxfordshire

137936

Chipping Norton School

Converter Academy

Classical Greek

Brent

137994

Convent of Jesus and Mary Language College

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Barnet

138051

The Henrietta Barnett School

Converter Academy

Classical Greek

Bournemouth

138385

LeAF Studio

Studio School

Modern Greek

Birmingham

138136

The Arthur Terry School

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Wandsworth

138682

Southfields Academy

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Sunderland

139538

St Aidan's Catholic Academy

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Plymouth

140104

Eggbuckland Community College

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Coventry

140248

President Kennedy School Academy

Converter Academy

Modern Greek

Coventry

140961

WMG Academy for Young Engineers

University Technical College

Modern Greek

[1] https://www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-data?currentstep=datatypes&regiontype=all&la=0&downloadYear=2015-2016&datatypes=ks5underlying

15th Mar 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when her Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on implementing the English Baccalaureate which closed on 29 January 2016.

The English Baccalaureate provides the right foundation for most pupils, and we want to see a significant increase in the proportion of pupils in mainstream secondary schools entering the English Baccalaureate subjects at GCSE.

We are carefully considering the consultation responses and will publish the Government response in due course.

15th Mar 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her strategy is for raising standards in pre-school education.

The early years foundation stage profile results show year on year improvements for children achieving a good level of development (GLD) by age 5. For the 2015 to 2016 academic year, the results show that 69.3% of children achieved a GLD compared to 51.7% in 2013.

The quality of early years provision is also improving with 93% of settings rated by Ofsted as good or outstanding in December 2016 compared to 74% in 2012. Ofsted’s Childcare providers and inspections as at 31 December 2016 statistics are available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/childcare-providers-and-inspections-as-at-31-december-2016.

Key to this is a well-qualified workforce with 77% of group based staff in 2016 holding at least a level 3 qualification relevant to childcare and 29% holding at least a level 6. Evidence shows that settings which employ more highly qualified staff are more likely to attract a good or outstanding rating from Ofsted. The Early Years workforce strategy published earlier this month, outlines how we will help employers attract, retain and develop staff to deliver high quality provision. The strategy is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/early-years-workforce-strategy.

The Government is working hard to ensure parents and children have access to high quality early years education places through the funded 15 hour entitlement for disadvantaged two-year-olds and for all three- and four-year-olds. The Early Years Pupil Premium (EYPP) provides over £300 per eligible child to support better outcomes for disadvantaged three- and four-year-olds and the Foundation Years website includes good practice examples to help providers decide how to use the EYPP to improve outcomes for the disadvantaged children in their care. The EYPP will be kept under review.

6th Feb 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representation she has received on the effect of university and college diversity officers on academic freedom.

The Department has not received any representations on the effect of university and college diversity officers on academic freedom.

6th Feb 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 7 December 2016 to Question 56626, for what reasons information that was held centrally from 2010 to 2014 on which charitable organisations her Department funds is no longer held centrally.

The Department’s financial system has never held information centrally that distinguished suppliers belonging to the voluntary and charitable sector. A manual process to identify them was discontinued in May 2014, when it was no longer required by the Cabinet Office.

1st Feb 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how she has assessed the effectiveness of Regional School Commissioners.

As civil servants, Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs) are subject to the civil service performance management framework. Their performance is also monitored against a number of Key Performance Indicators, which cover their four core remits:

1. Taking decisions on the creation of new academies

2. Ensuring there are enough high-quality sponsors to meet local need

3. Monitoring academy performance and tackling underperforming academies and free schools

4. Providing advice and making recommendations in relation to free schools, university technical schools and studio schools.

The RSCs are accountable to the National Schools Commissioner, Sir David Carter. Alongside this, the RSCs provide regular updates to the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System, Lord Nash, together and individually, on specific cases.

This information is in the public domain and can be found here: http://data.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/committeeevidence.svc/evidencedocument/education-committee/the-role-of-regional-schools-commissioners/written/21126.html

1st Feb 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason her Department ceased funding for the charity Protecting Children and Uniting Families Across Borders; and what provision she has made for ensuring that charity's work is sustained.

I wish to offer Protecting Children and Uniting Families Across Borders (CFAB) a meeting with Department for Education officials. I have asked officials to contact the charity to arrange the meeting.

The Department for Education has provided past voluntary and community sector grants to CFAB, most recently in 2014-15. We allocated these grants through a competitive bidding process, and the grants were clearly time-limited. CFAB has applied for funding for later years, but has not been successful. These grants are not intended to provide core funding for charities.

1st Feb 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with which university vice-chancellors she has discussed opening new free schools; and what progress has been made on opening such schools.

My Rt. Hon Friend the Secretary of State has held meetings with vice chancellors and representative bodies, including Universities UK, as part of her engagement with the higher education sector on how it can step-up its involvement with schools, including through the establishment of Free Schools. The Government is currently considering responses to the Schools That Work For Everyone consultation and will respond in due course.

1st Feb 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which initiatives the Education Endowment Foundation has funded since its establishment; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of each such initiative.

Since the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) was established in 2011 through a £125 million grant from the Government, it has revolutionised the use of evidence in education. It has made grants worth £83 million to 133 projects working with over 8,300 schools and has published individual evaluation reports on 66 completed projects. The EEF has also identified nine programmes that it has previously tested and which show particular promise; each of which will receive further grant funding in order to test its impact at a larger scale. Full details of all of the projects that the EEF has funded to date, and evaluation reports on those which are complete, are published by the EEF on its website at: www.educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk.

1st Feb 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will meet representatives of the charity Protecting Children and Uniting Families Across Borders to discuss how to provide specialist children's inter-country social work services.

I wish to offer Protecting Children and Uniting Families Across Borders (CFAB) a meeting with Department for Education officials. I have asked officials to contact the charity to arrange the meeting.

The Department for Education has provided past voluntary and community sector grants to CFAB, most recently in 2014-15. We allocated these grants through a competitive bidding process, and the grants were clearly time-limited. CFAB has applied for funding for later years, but has not been successful. These grants are not intended to provide core funding for charities.

7th Dec 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which voluntary and charitable sector organisations are funded by her Department; how much each such organisation received in 2015-16; and how much each such organisation is due to receive in 2016-17.

The Department does not hold the information centrally in the form requested.

Organisations receiving funding are not categorised by sector and this could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.

7th Dec 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what criteria her Department uses to allocate funding to the voluntary and charitable sector; and if she will publish those criteria and any scoring system that they support.

The Department’s grant and procurement policy are aligned and adhere to the recently published Government Grant Standards and the Commercial Operating Standards. Both determine that the Department will compete by default - including in relation to VCSE organisations. All commercial approaches contribute to achieving the departmental objectives for education, children’s services, higher and further education policy, apprenticeships and wider skills in England, and equalities and are underpinned by the following principles:

  • Best value for government;
  • Accountable management of outcomes/outputs;
  • Providing sufficient information about the tender / grant opportunity to the; market to enable interested bidders to apply
  • Impartially assessing each bid / application against the same criteria;
  • Selecting the winning bidder on merit by reference to set criteria; and
  • Active contract and grant management.

Specific criteria are determined in relation to what is being procured or granted but support the principles above. In all cases, VCSE providers will need to respond to the Department’s selection and award criteria provided in the relevant documentation which is published on Contracts Finder or on Funding Central.

There is no specified scoring system as this is in part determined by the criteria, but a common system used for the majority of competitions is:

Score 5: excellent evidence

Score 4: strong evidence

Score 3: good evidence (often used as the minimal acceptable score)

Score 2: partial evidence

Score 1: poor evidence

Score 0: no evidence/question not answered.

7th Dec 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many state schools offered History of Art A-level in academic year 2015-16; how many such schools were comprehensive schools; and if she will place a list of those schools in the Library.

Provisional 2016 national figures show that there were 12 state-funded schools where at least one student had been entered for A level history of art, nine of which were comprehensive schools. The list of these schools will be placed in the House library.

As I announced in a Written Ministerial Statement on 1 December, the exam board Pearson has confirmed that it intends to develop a new A level in history of art for teaching from September 2017.

7th Dec 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the performance of school music hubs; and if she will make a statement.

In October this year, Arts Council England published the latest annual data on music education hubs. The report showed that hubs have been supporting an increasing number of children and schools. In 2014/15 they taught 631,223 children to play an instrument through whole class ensemble teaching, up from 596,820 in the previous year. They also worked with 86% of state-funded schools, 18,811 schools compared with 18,157 in the previous year. More details are included in the report, which is available on Arts Council England’s website.

Last month, we announced funding of £75 million a year until 2020 for the network of music education hubs to allow them to reach even more pupils and schools.

7th Dec 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues and other stakeholders on increasing the role played by Premier League and Football League teams in supporting the Government's free school and academy programmes.

I have not had any discussions with Cabinet colleagues or other stakeholders on increasing the positive role already played by Premier League and football league teams in supporting the Government’s free school and academy programmes.

7th Dec 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of PE and Sports Premium funding on participation in competitive sport; and if she will make a statement.

We want all pupils to be healthy and active. Through the Primary PE and Sport Premium, the government has invested over £600m of ring-fenced funding since 2013 to primary schools to provide additional and sustainable improvements to PE and sport.

In independent research, 70% of schools reported that participation in inter-school competitions had increased since the premium was introduced, while 53% reported an increase in intra-school competitions. Furthermore, 87% of schools reported that the quality of PE teaching had increased, and 84% that there had been an increase in pupil engagement in PE during curricular time, and in the levels of participation in extra-curricular activities.

We know that there is more for us to do. That is why we have committed to doubling the funding for the Primary PE and Sport Premium to £320m a year from September 2017.

1st Feb 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Mayor of London on roadworks in London; and if he will make a statement.

Ministers and officials at the Department for Transport hold regular meetings with representatives of Transport for London at which a range of issues are discussed, including roadworks. The Secretary of State has not recently held discussions with the Mayor of London on this particular matter.

1st Feb 2017
M3
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance on the duration and timing of works Highways England gives to its contractors operating on the M3 between junctions 2 and 4a.

There is a contractual agreement between Highways England and its contractor to achieve best value for money in meeting the timescales specified in Highways England’s Delivery Plan. This outlines the legislation, standards, guidance and criteria to adhere to, including shift patterns and ensuring minimal disruption to the travelling public and to the local neighbourhood.

Highways England also dictates the periods when additional lane or full closure can only take place, which are usually overnight and depend on low traffic flows. The M3 J2-4a scheme is on target to open for traffic by 30 June 2017.

1st Feb 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what limitations government guidance places on the duration and timing of roadworks in urban areas; and if he will introduce lane rental or other means of shortening the length of time required for such work.

Local highway authorities are able to choose one of two regimes for managing street works on all roads. The New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (as amended) sets out arrangements for noticing. This only applies to works carried out by utility companies, who simply need to submit a notice to the authority of the works they plan to carry out. The Traffic Management Act 2004 brought in more proactive permitting schemes. Permitting applies to works carried out by both utilities and local authorities. Utilities have to pay a small administration fee with their application. Around 60% of local authorities have now adopted permit schemes and these are seeing reductions in the duration of works as a result.

The Government is working closely with the sector to take forward a programme to improve the management and coordination of works. We would like to see those 40% of local authorities still using noticing adopt permit schemes, especially as these apply to all works on all roads. We have just commissioned an independent evaluation of existing permit schemes to quantify the impact they have had on the duration of works, and to identify the costs and benefits of setting these up. We have begun work on the Street Manager project that is going to look at how we might improve the way that data is collected and shared, and how we can use this data to co-ordinate activities on the highway more effectively. We will also continue to look at ways to simplify a complex legal framework, so that we can reduce overall works duration and minimise the impact on road users and local communities.

We plan to consult in summer 2017 on the future of lane rental schemes which are aimed at helping local authorities manage works on the busiest roads at the busiest times. The consultation will consider the full range of options.

31st Jan 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a list of public consultations, White Paper and other documents his Department plans to publish to assist the UK in making effective the Government's plans for the UK to leave the EU within the two year timetable from the triggering of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.

On 2 February the Government published a White Paper setting out its objectives and plans for the new partnership we want to build with the EU. The Department currently has no plans for further publications. Any future publications would be deposited in the library of the House in the usual way.

21st Apr 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure clear strategic governance in the delivery of cancer services with the Frimley Health Sustainability and Transformation Plan.

There are two Cancer Alliances across the Frimley Sustainability and Transformation Plan footprint. Representatives of the Sustainability and Transformation Plan are included in the membership of each newly formed Cancer Alliance Board, which give strategic direction on behalf of the Sustainability and Transformation Plan and receive assurance and advice on priority setting and delivery of cancer services.

6th Feb 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on the basing of the British Embassy in Tel Aviv; and if he will make a statement.

​The UK position on Jerusalem has not changed; the British Embassy is based in Tel Aviv and we have no plans to move it.

6th Feb 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the level of Iranian compliance with the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action was implemented on 16 January 2016: Iran placed two-thirds of its centrifuges in storage and dispensed with 98% of its stockpile of low-enriched uranium. For 10 years it will take Iran at least 12 months to produce enough fissile material for a weapon.

Iran's recent ballistic missile test (29 January) was not a breach of the JCPoA, but is inconsistent with UNSCR 2231.

The Government remains concerned about Iran's ballistic missile programme and we continue to urge Iran to abide by UN Security Council Resolution 2231; we are committed to ensuring that UN and EU sanctions which impose restrictions upon this programme continue to be robustly enforced.

The Government remains concerned about Iran's destabilising activity in the region; we continue to encourage Iran to work constructively with its neighbours to resolve conflicts and promote stability.

31st Jan 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library a list of public consultations, White Papers and other documents his Department plans to publish to assist the UK in making effective the Government's plans for the UK to leave the EU within the two year timetable from the triggering of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office, along with other Government Departments, but especially the Department for Exiting the European Union, is working on a wide range of issues to prepare for the UK’s exit from the EU.

7th Dec 2016
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to mark the centenary of the Balfour Declaration.

Firm plans have not yet been made for how we will mark the Balfour Declaration's centenary in November 2017.

6th Feb 2017
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of abolishing employer National Insurance contributions for care leavers in 2016-17.

No estimate has been made of the cost of abolishing employer National Insurance contributions for care leavers. An estimate could only be produced at disproportionate cost.

26th Oct 2016
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to review the terms of the Small Breweries' Relief scheme; and whether his Department has sought representations from all parts of that industry on the terms of that Relief scheme.

The Treasury is in regular contact with representatives from across the brewing industry and is aware of the concerns that some brewers have about Small Brewers’ Relief. The Treasury welcomes ideas from all stakeholders on possible reforms to Small Brewers’ Relief.

1st Feb 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Government plans to ratify the Lanzarote Convention.

The Government takes its international commitments very seriously and will only commit to formal ratification when it is satisfied that it is in a position to do so


Officials are finalising assessments of what needs to be done under domestic legislation and practical arrangements, before the whole of the UK can be assessed to be in a position to ratify the Convention.

15th Mar 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much of his Department's budget is spent on cadet forces; and how much of that amount is spent on (a) fee-paying and (b) state schools.

The latest assessment of the cost to Defence of funding the four Ministry of Defence (MOD) sponsored Cadet Forces was for Financial Year (FY) 2013-14 when the total was £179.15 million. This figure includes a cost of £30.144 million for delivering the Combined Cadet Force in schools; however, the MOD does not hold information in a format which would allow a ready breakdown of this figure between fee-paying and state schools. The figures provided include the costs of wider training infrastructure, capital expense, regional support and Headquarters costs.

15th Mar 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which combined cadet forces (CCF) based in state comprehensive schools received funds from the public purse in the last three years; and how much of those funds each such CCF received in each of those years.

The requested information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The funding support which the Ministry of Defence provides for Combined Cadet Forces (CCF) units is based on the number of active cadets and the number of single Service sections within the unit, irrespective of whether the unit is in an independent or state school. State schools will receive the same funding support for their CCFs as fee-paying schools with the same number of cadets and single Service sections.

15th Mar 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list the combined cadet forces (CCF) that are in receipt of funding from the public purse that are based in fee-paying independent schools; and how much funding each such CCF receives.

The requested information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The funding support which the Ministry of Defence provides for Combined Cadet Forces (CCF) units is based on the number of active cadets and the number of single Service sections within the unit, irrespective of whether the unit is in an independent or state school. State schools will receive the same funding support for their CCFs as fee-paying schools with the same number of cadets and single Service sections.

1st Feb 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which state schools receive funds from his Department to support cadet forces; how much each school received in 2015-16; and how much each school will receive in 2016-17.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) supports cadet units in independent and state schools in a number of ways, including the provision of uniforms, weapons and equipment and ration packs. Specific examples are detailed below:

  • Schools usually employ a School Staff Instructor (SSI) to help manage and administer the cadet unit. SSIs can claim 51 days of Volunteer Allowance per year from the MOD, with the school paying for any additional days they need.
  • The MOD also provides a ‘Consolidated Grant’ to each Combined Cadet Force (CCF) contingent. The amount varies, but for 2016-17 the allocation was £513 per CCF, plus £20 per cadet.

Please note that while such items and support are provided by the MOD the funding is not provided directly from the MOD to schools. In the examples highlighted above the funding is paid directly to the individual or the CCF.

The only funding which goes direct to schools is through the Cadet Bursary Fund (CBF). The CBF is available to state schools which have opened cadet units under the joint MOD/Department for Education (DfE) Cadet Expansion Programme (CEP). The CBF was set up by the DfE and is managed by a registered charity, the Combined Cadet Force Association. However, the funding for the CBF is not provided from the budget of either Department.

1st Feb 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which independent schools receive funds from his Department to support cadet forces; how much each of those schools received in 2015-16; and how much each of those schools will received in 2016-17.

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) supports cadet units in independent and state schools in a number of ways, including the provision of uniforms, weapons and equipment and ration packs. Specific examples are detailed below:

  • Schools usually employ a School Staff Instructor (SSI) to help manage and administer the cadet unit. SSIs can claim 51 days of Volunteer Allowance per year from the MOD, with the school paying for any additional days they need.
  • The MOD also provides a ‘Consolidated Grant’ to each Combined Cadet Force (CCF) contingent. The amount varies, but for 2016-17 the allocation was £513 per CCF, plus £20 per cadet.

Please note that while such items and support are provided by the MOD the funding is not provided directly from the MOD to schools. In the examples highlighted above the funding is paid directly to the individual or the CCF.

The only funding which goes direct to schools is through the Cadet Bursary Fund (CBF). The CBF is available to state schools which have opened cadet units under the joint MOD/Department for Education (DfE) Cadet Expansion Programme (CEP). The CBF was set up by the DfE and is managed by a registered charity, the Combined Cadet Force Association. However, the funding for the CBF is not provided from the budget of either Department.

31st Jan 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will place in the Library a list of public consultations, White Papers and other documents her Department plans to publish to assist the UK in making effective the Government's plans for the UK to leave the EU within the two year timetable from the triggering of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.

On 2 February the Government published a White Paper setting out its objectives and plans for the new partnership we want to build with the EU. Following their publication, my Department will place in the Library any public consultations or White Papers it publishes relevant to the United Kingdom’s preparation for a successful exit from the European Union.

31st Jan 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will place in the Library a list of public consultations, White Paper and other documents his Department plans to publish to assist the UK in making effective the Government's plans for the UK to leave the EU within the two year timetable from the triggering of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.

Following their publication, my Department will place in the Library any public consultations or White Papers it publishes relevant to the United Kingdom’s preparation for a successful exit from the European Union.

31st Jan 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will place in the Library a list of public consultations, White Paper and other documents his Department plans to publish to assist the UK in making effective the Government's plans for the UK to leave the EU within the two year timetable from the triggering of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.

The Department for Exiting the EU is leading the UK government’s efforts on exiting the EU, and as the Prime Minister has said, we do not approach these negotiations expecting failure, but anticipating success.

The Secretary of State for Exiting the EU published a White Paper on ‘The United Kingdom’s exit from and new partnership with the European Union’ on Thursday 2 February.

I and my officials will continue to work closely with other parts of the UK Government and the Scottish Government, and we will continue to engage stakeholders in Scotland.

31st Jan 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will place in the Library a list of public consultations, White Paper and other documents his Department plans to publish to assist the UK in making effective the Government's plans for the UK to leave the EU within the two year timetable from the triggering of Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.

On 2 February, the Government published a White Paper entitled ‘The United Kingdom’s exit from and new partnership with the European Union’. The Wales Office will continue to support the Department for Exiting the European Union as we work towards the 12 negotiating objectives set out in this paper. I have no plans to publish any documents related to this work.