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Skills England: Parliamentary Scrutiny

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that Skills England is subject to parliamentary scrutiny.

answeredDepartment for Education

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
22 Apr 2025
Target answer date
24 Apr 2025
Answer
2 May 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 22 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that Skills England is subject to parliamentary scrutiny.

  2. 24 Apr 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 2 May 2025

    Answer published

    As an Executive Agency, Skills England will be subject to clear requirements on governance, transparency and accountability as set out by the Cabinet Office and applying across government.A sponsor Minister within the department will be accountable to Par...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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