The government has finally confirmed portfolios for new Department for Education ministers appointed in Rishi Sunak’s reshuffle.
Robert Halfon has been named minister for skills, apprenticeships and higher education and takes on responsibilities for the college system that had been handed to Baroness Barran in Liz Truss’ government.
Nick Gibb is minister for schools, while Claire Coutinho is minister for children, families and wellbeing.
Halfon takes on the skills brief from Andrea Jenkyns – but holds more responsibilities as he is a minister of state rather than a junior minister like his predecessor.
