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Alex Burghart

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education

Conservative MP for Brentwood and Ongar

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10th June 2020 onwards

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Alex Burghart’s voting in Parliament

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Recent appearances

  • Written Answers — Department for Education: Pupils: Coronavirus 18 May 2022

    The department recognises that many young people in 16 to 19 education will have lost learning during the COVID-19 pandemic and we are therefore providing targeted support to help them to catch up. We introduced the 16-19 Tuition Fund in 2020, giving access to one-to-one and small group tuition for students to catch up on their core subjects.  This academic year we have provided £102...

  • Written Answers — Department for Education: Adult Education: Yorkshire and the Humber 18 May 2022

    The providers who bid to deliver in the Yorkshire and Humber region, and were awarded an Adult Education Budget (AEB) procured contract for the 2021/22 funding year, are listed in the attached spreadsheet. It is important to note that adult skills in South and West Yorkshire is a devolved matter and that AEB is funded through the mayoral combined authority. 441_Table (pdf, 12.7KB)

  • Written Answers — Department for Education: University of Oxford: Overseas Students 16 May 2022

    Departmental officials and I meet regularly with the Office for Students to discuss a wide range of issues. The government recognises how important international students, including those from the EU are, both culturally and economically. We are proud that for the 2020/21 academic year, we saw positive increases in the number of EU domiciled entrants by 4% compared to 2019/20. We have...

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Conservative MP for Brentwood and Ongar

Entered the House of Commons on 9 June 2017 — General election

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Topics of interest

  • Department for Education
  • Department for Transport
  • Department for Work and Pensions
  • Home Office
  • HM Treasury
  • Unemployment: Young People
  • Pupils: Essex
  • Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
  • Families: Disadvantaged
  • A303: Stonehenge

Currently held offices

  • Member, Skills and Post-16 Education [HL] Bill Committee (since 24 Nov 2021)
  • Member, Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill Committee (since 22 Sep 2021)
  • The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (since 16 Sep 2021)

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Human Rights (Joint Committee) (18 Dec 2017 to 25 Feb 2019)
  • Member, Standing Orders Committee (1 Nov 2017 to 6 Nov 2019)
  • Member, Work and Pensions Committee (11 Sep 2017 to 11 Feb 2019)

Previous MPs in this constituency

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

Register of Members’ Interests

Last updated: 16 May 2022.

1. Employment and earnings
Payments from the Spectator, 22 Old Queen Street, London SW1H 9HP:
23 May 2021, received £300 for a book review. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 09 June 2021)
5 April 2022, received £200 for a book review. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 05 April 2022)
Payments from News UK & Ireland Ltd, 1 London Bridge Street, London SE1 9GF:
25 May 2021, received £160 for a book review in the Times Literary Supplement. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 09 June 2021)
24 November 2021, received £150 for a book review in the Times Literary Supplement. Hours: 6 hrs. (Registered 25 November 2021)
2. (a) Support linked to an MP but received by a local party organisation or indirectly via a central party organisation
Name of donor: Alan L Perry
Address of donor: private

Amount of donation or nature and value if donation in kind: £2,470 to Brentwood and Ongar Conservative Association as the winning bid for a raffle prize at a fundraising event at which I was present

Donor status: individual

(Registered 12 November 2021)

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