Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the roles and responsibilities of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of States in his Department are.

I have been appointed as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families at the Department of Education, and my responsibilities will be confirmed in due course.

Lord Agnew is the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the School System. His responsibilities currently include:

• a strong school system (including free schools, academies, multi-academy trusts, university technical colleges, studio schools, faith schools, independent schools, home education, supplementary schools)
• tackling school underperformance
• school improvement (including teaching school alliances, national and local leaders of education and school improvement funds)
• school governance
• school capital investment (including new school places, school maintenance, land and playing fields)
• tackling extremism in schools and colleges
• behaviour and attendance, exclusions and alternative provision.