To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Ministers served in her Department in 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Ministers serving in her Department in 2022 held responsibilities for higher education matters.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average length of time was for which Ministers with responsibility for higher education held those responsibilities in 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many former Ministers with responsibility for higher education in her Department received ministerial severance payments in 2022; and how much ministerial severance pay was paid in total in 2022 to former Ministers with responsibility for higher education.

Sixteen Ministers served in the Department in 2022, of which nine held responsibilities for higher education matters.

They were responsible for higher education matters for the following durations of time:

Alex Burghart MP, the Rt Hon Michelle Donelan MP and the Rt Hon Nadhim Zahawi MP (as Secretary of State) held responsibilities for higher education matters from January 2022 to July 2022.

The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP (as Secretary of State) was responsible for higher education from July 2022 to September 2022.

Andrea Jenkyns MP held responsibilities for higher education matters from July 2022 to October 2022.

The Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP (as Secretary of State) held responsibilities for higher education matters from September 2022 to October 2022.

The Rt Hon Robert Halfon MP, Baroness Barran and the Rt Hon Gillian Keegan MP (as Secretary of State) have held responsibility for higher education matters since October 2022.

The provision of severance payments for Ministers is set out in legislation. Details of the severance payments made to ministers when leaving office are published in the Departments’ annual reports and accounts.