Question follow-through · 22812
Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff are employed in the Policy Profession Unit; what the headcount allocation for that Unit is; what grades each civil servant who works in the Unit is; and how many of these are (a) policy professio
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- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 8 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 13 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 17 Jan 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Education and skills
- Pre-school Education: Employers' Contributions · 10 Jun 2025
- Schools: Repairs and Maintenance · 13 Jun 2025
- Department for Education: Public Appointments · 8 Dec 2025
- Opportunity Mission Board · 20 Apr 2026
- Universities: Admissions · 20 Apr 2026
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Recorded timeline
8 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff are employed in the Policy Profession Unit; what the headcount allocation for that Unit is; what grades each civil servant who works in the Unit is; and how many of these are (a) policy professio
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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17 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Policy Profession Unit is the central unit supporting policy professionals across the UK civil service. The Unit holds the competency framework for the profession and supports policy professionals to build, maintain and grow their professional capabil...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Schools: Repairs and Maintenance
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Department for Education: Public Appointments
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Opportunity Mission Board
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2026 to Question 108241 on Mission Boards, which (a) internal and (b) external members attended the most recent meeting of the Break Down Barriers to Opportunity Mission Boa
Universities: Admissions
20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2025 to Question 84664 on Universities: Admissions, what assessment has been made by (i) her Department and (ii) Office for Students on whether university admissions are mat
Universities: Admissions
1 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Answer of 28 April 2026 to Question 128593 on Universities: Admissions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of using of POLAR3 and POLAR4 data under contextual admissions
Opportunity Mission Board
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Schools: Facilities Agreements
30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to Deposited Paper, DEP2026-0371, committed on 19 May 2026, on Civil Service facility time framework and guidance, whether there will be new or revised guidance to schools on trade union facility
Erasmus+ Programme: Per Capita Costs
30 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what comparative assessment has been made of (a) the cost of the Turing scheme per UK student placement and (b) the proposed cost for the Erasmus scheme per UK student placement.
Universities: Admissions
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Department for Education: Buildings
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Department for Education: Mayor of Greater Manchester
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what written representations have Ministers received from the Mayor of Greater Manchester since July 2024.