Ministerial role

Minister of State (Minister for Vulnerable Children and Families)

Organisations: Department for Education

Responsibilities

The minister’s responsibilities include:

  • children’s social care (including child protection, children in care and adoption, care leavers, local authority innovation and intervention, and the Children and Social Work Bill)

  • special educational needs (including education, health and care plans and reforms, attainment and progress, high needs funding)

  • rounded and resilient young people (including mental health and character)

  • school sport and personal, social and health education (PSHE)

  • links with the National Citizen Service

  • behaviour and attendance, exclusions and alternative provision

  • pupil premium (and pupil premium plus)

Previous holders of this role

  1. Edward Timpson CBE KC

    2016 to 2017