Post: | Minister of State for School Standards |
Insignia: | Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (HM Government) (2022).svg |
Insigniacaption: | Royal Arms of His Majesty's Government |
Department: | Department for Education |
Incumbent: | Catherine McKinnell |
Incumbentsince: | 8 July 2024 |
Style: | Minister |
Nominator: | Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |
Appointer: | The Monarch |
Appointer Qualified: | on advice of the Prime Minister |
Termlength: | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Website: | https://www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state-for-schools |
The role of Minister of State for School Standards,[1] formerly Minister of State for Schools[2] is a mid-level position in the Department for Education in the British government.
The current minister is Catherine McKinnell.[3]
In the Major ministries, the role was known as Minister of State for Education and Science and Minister of State for Education.
In the Brown ministry (2007 to 2010), the position of Minister of State for Schools and Learning worked at the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
In the Cameron ministries, the role was known as Minister of State for Schools.
Under Liz Truss's tenure, the role was demoted to a parliamentary under-secretary position known as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for School Standards.[4] [5]
The minister is responsible for the following:[6]
Name | Portrait | Took office | Left office | Political party | Prime Minister | ||
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Minister of State, Education and Science | |||||||
Angela RumboldMP for Mitcham and Morden | June 1987 | 24 July 1990 | Conservative | Margaret Thatcher(Third Thatcher ministry) | |||
Tim EggarMP for Enfield North | 24 July 1990 | 14 April 1992 | Conservative | John Major(First Major ministry) | |||
The Baroness Blatch | 14 April 1992 | 20 July 1994 | Conservative | John Major(Second Major ministry) | |||
Eric ForthMP for Mid Worcestershire | 20 July 1994 | 2 May 1997 | Conservative | John Major(Second Major ministry) | |||
Stephen ByersMP for North Tyneside | 2 May 1997 | 27 July 1998 | Labour | Tony Blair(First Blair ministry) | |||
Estelle MorrisMP for Birmingham Yardley | 28 July 1998 | 8 June 2001 | Labour | Tony Blair(First Blair ministry) | |||
Stephen TimmsMP for East Ham | 11 June 2001 | 24 October 2002 | Labour | Tony Blair(Second Blair ministry) | |||
David MilibandMP for South Shields | 24 October 2002 | 16 December 2004 | Labour | Tony Blair(Second Blair ministry) | |||
Stephen TwiggMP for Enfield Southgate | 16 December 2004 | 5 May 2005 | Labour | Tony Blair(Second Blair ministry) | |||
Jacqui SmithMP for Redditch | 6 May 2005 | 5 May 2006 | Labour | Tony Blair(lll) | |||
Jim KnightMP for South Dorset | 5 May 2006 | 5 June 2009 | Labour | Tony Blair(lll)
(l) | |||
Vernon CoakerMP for Gedling | 8 June 2009 | 11 May 2010 | Labour | Gordon Brown(l) | |||
Minister of State for Schools | |||||||
Nick GibbMP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | 13 May 2010 | 4 September 2012 | Conservative | David Cameron(Coalition) | |||
David LawsMP for Yeovil | 4 September 2012 | 8 May 2015 | Liberal Democrat | David Cameron(Coalition) | |||
Minister of State for School Standards | |||||||
Nick GibbMP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | 12 May 2015 | 15 September 2021 | Conservative | David Cameron (II) Theresa May (I)(II) Boris Johnson (I)(II) | |||
Robin WalkerMP for Worcester | 16 September 2021 | 6 July 2022 | Conservative | Boris Johnson (II) | |||
Will QuinceMP for Colchester | 7 July 2022 | 7 September 2022 | Conservative | Boris Johnson (II) | |||
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for School Standards | |||||||
Jonathan GullisMP for Stoke-on-Trent North | 8 September 2022 | 28 October 2022 | Conservative | Liz Truss (I) | |||
Minister of State for Schools | |||||||
Nick GibbMP for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | 26 October 2022 | 13 November 2023 | Conservative | Rishi Sunak(I) | |||
Damian HindsMP for East Hampshire | 13 November 2023 | 5 July 2024 | Conservative | ||||
Minister of State for School Standards | |||||||
Catherine McKinnellMP for Newcastle upon Tyne North | 8 July 2024 | Incumbent | Keir Starmer(I) | ||||