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Department for Education: Personnel Management

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many directors with responsibility for human resources are employed across their department and its executive agencies; and how many of those directors hold professional HR qualifications from the Chartered

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Answering body
Department for Education
Tabled
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
26 Feb 2026
Answer
24 Mar 2026 · 29 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many directors with responsibility for human resources are employed across their department and its executive agencies; and how many of those directors hold professional HR qualifications from the Chartered

  2. 26 Feb 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 24 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Organograms for the department, including senior civil service posts, are published on GOV.UK here: https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/5a1f3831-86d6-4979-9164-99e982361ca4/organogram-department-for-education. The data sets out director-level roles and respon...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education: Social Media

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Special Educational Needs: Tribunals

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