Question follow-through · 24035

Department for Education: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) internal policy reviews, (b) independent reviews, (c) external reviews, (d) taskforces, (e) public consultations, (f) investigations and (g) other reviews their Department launched between 5 July 2

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
14 Jan 2025
Target answer date
16 Jan 2025
Answer
28 Jan 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 14 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) internal policy reviews, (b) independent reviews, (c) external reviews, (d) taskforces, (e) public consultations, (f) investigations and (g) other reviews their Department launched between 5 July 2

  2. 16 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    This government has outlined its ambitions through the Plan for Change, which sets out an ambitious set of milestones, across the Missions, for this Parliament. As the House would expect, the government continually reviews its work to ensure that it is de...

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