Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will list meetings (a) he and (b) his Ministers have had with (i) academics and (ii) multi-academy trusts and school leaders on the priorities of the Opportunity North East initiative.

The Department for Education has set up a board which includes academics, multi-academy trusts and school leaders to discuss the priorities of the Opportunity North East (ONE) initiative. My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Education chaired the launch meeting of the ONE board on 8 October 2018, and my noble Friend Lord Agnew has chaired the three subsequent board meetings on 4 February 2019, 14 March 2019 and 27 March 2019.