Damian Hinds

Minister of State (Education)

Conservative MP for East Hampshire

@DamianHinds https://facebook.com/damian.hinds

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Your MP (Damian Hinds) represents you, and all of the people who live in East Hampshire, at the UK Parliament in Westminster.

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Conservative MP for East Hampshire

Entered the House of Commons on 6 May 2010 — General election

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Topics of interest

Damian Hinds campaigned to remain in the European Union Source: BBC

  • Education
  • Business
  • Innovation and Skills
  • Treasury
  • Department for Transport
  • Department for Education
  • Gcse
  • Higher Education: Admissions
  • A3: Hampshire
  • Education: Assessments
  • Departmental Internet

Currently held offices

  • Minister of State (Education) (since 13 Nov 2023)

Other offices held in the past

  • Member, Offenders (Day of Release from Detention) Bill Committee ( 1 Feb 2023 to 8 Feb 2023)
  • The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (27 Oct 2022 to 13 Nov 2023)
  • Member, National Security Bill Committee (29 Jun 2022 to 11 Jul 2022)
  • Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) (13 Aug 2021 to 7 Jul 2022)
  • Member, Culture, Media and Sport Sub-committee on Online Harms and Disinformation (10 Mar 2020 to 19 Oct 2021)
  • Member, Culture, Media and Sport Committee ( 2 Mar 2020 to 19 Oct 2021)
  • The Secretary of State for Education ( 8 Jan 2018 to 24 Jul 2019)
  • The Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions (15 Jul 2016 to 8 Jan 2018)
  • The Exchequer Secretary ( 8 May 2015 to 15 Jul 2016)
  • Assistant Whip (HM Treasury) (15 Jul 2014 to 30 Mar 2015)
  • Member, Education Committee (12 Jul 2010 to 5 Nov 2012)

Previous MPs in this constituency

Public bill committees (Sittings attended)

Recent appearances

  • Written Answers — Department for Education: Schools: Finance 27 Mar 2024

    The overall core school budget will total £60.7 billion in the 2024/25 financial year, the highest ever level in real terms per pupil. School funding is therefore set to have risen by £11 billion next year, compared with 2021/2022.
  • Written Answers — Department for Education: Schools: Absenteeism 27 Mar 2024

    The department does not hold information on absence by the specific category of long COVID. Data on absence by reason, which includes the category of illness, is published in the ‘Pupil Absence in Schools in England’ statistical release: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-sta tistics/pupil-absence-in-schools-in-england. Where pupils face barriers to their...
  • Written Answers — Department for Education: Schools: Concrete 27 Mar 2024

    A list of education settings with confirmed RAAC and the funding route to remove RAAC was published on 8 February. This is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/reinforced-autocl aved-aerated-concrete-raac-management-information. The government is funding the removal of RAAC either through grants, or through the School Rebuilding Programme (SRP). The longer-term...

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Last updated: 18 Mar 2024.

6. Land and property portfolio: (i) value over £100,000 and/or (ii) giving rental income of over £10,000 a year
From January 2019, rental income from annex to residential property in Hampshire: (ii). (Registered 07 March 2019)

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