Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many times she or Ministers of her Department have held meetings or had discussions on the reception baseline assessment with representatives from (a) the Centre of Evaluation and Monitoring, Durham University, (b) Early Excellence, (c) GL Assessment and (d) the National Foundation for Education Research since September 2015.

Details of meetings held by Ministers at the Department for Education with the Centre for Evaluation and Monitoring - Durham University, Early Excellence, GL Assessment or the National Foundation for Education Research to discuss the reception baseline assessment since September 2015 are shown in the table below:

In meeting educational experts, and in all its work, the Department is mindful of the need to manage appropriately any potential conflict of interest.