The Secretary of State is responsible for the work of the Department for Education, including:
Gillian Keegan was appointed Secretary of State for Education on 25 October 2022. She was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office from 7 September 2022 to 25 October 2022. She was previously Minister of State for Care at the Department of Health and Social Care between 16 September 2021 and 7 September 2022.