United Kingdom Secretary of State for Education | |
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since 5 July 2024 | |
Department for Education | |
Style | Education Secretary (informal) The Right Honourable (within the UK and Commonwealth) |
Type | Minister of the Crown |
Status | Secretary of State |
Member of | |
Reports to | The Prime Minister |
Seat | Westminster |
Nominator | The Prime Minister |
Appointer | The Monarch (on the advice of the Prime Minister) |
Term length | At His Majesty's Pleasure |
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First holder | William Cowper-Temple (as Vice-President of the Committee of the Council on Education) |
Salary | £159,038 per annum (2022)[1] (including £86,584 MP salary)[2] |
Website | www.gov.uk |
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The secretary of state for education, also referred to as the education secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, responsible for the work of the Department for Education.[3] The incumbent is a member of the Cabinet of the United Kingdom.
The office holder works alongside the other Education ministers. The corresponding shadow minister is the shadow secretary of state for education, and the work of the secretary of state is also scrutinised by the Education Select Committee.[4]
The current education secretary is Bridget Phillipson.
Recorded coverage of the Education select committee on the work of the Secretary of State with Education Secretary Michael Gove