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Department for Education
20 Great Smith Street, Westminster
Department overview
Formed
2010
Preceding agencies
Department for Children, Schools and Families
Higher education, apprenticeships and skills responsibilities of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (from 2016)
Jurisdiction
Government of the United Kingdom
Headquarters
Sanctuary Buildings, Great Smith Street, London, England, United Kingdom
Annual budget
£58.2 billion (2015–16)[1]
Secretary of state responsible
Gillian Keegan, Secretary of State for Education
Department executive
Susan Acland-Hood[2], Permanent Secretary [3]
Child agencies
Education & Skills Funding Agency
National College for Teaching and Leadership
Standards and Testing Agency
Website
gov.uk/dfe
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The Department for Education (DfE) is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom. It is responsible for child protection, child services, education (compulsory, further, and higher education), apprenticeships, and wider skills in England.[4]
A Department for Education previously existed between 1992, when the Department of Education and Science was renamed, and 1995, when it was merged with the Department for Employment to become the Department for Education and Employment.
The Secretary of State for Education is Rt. Hon. Gillian Keegan MP. and Susan Acland-Hood is the Permanent Secretary.
The expenditure, administration, and policy of the Department of Education are scrutinised by the Education Select Committee.
^"DfE Estimates Memoranda" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 February 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
^"Susan Acland-Hood". GOV.UK. Archived from the original on 22 February 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
^"Top DfE job goes to acting boss Susan Acland-Hood". Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
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