The Department for Education has belatedly confirmed the reappointment of Andrea Jenkyns as minister for skills in the Liz Truss government, with responsibility for higher education issues but without “higher education” in her job title.
Ms Jenkyns was first appointed minister for skills, further and higher education in July in the dying days of the Boris Johnson government, amid turmoil caused by a raft of ministerial resignations aimed at ousting the then prime minister.
The Morley and Outwood MP was then reappointed as a minister in the DfE on 8 September after Liz Truss became prime minister, but her role was not confirmed.
On 27 September, the DfE finally confirmed that Ms Jenkyns has been reappointed as minister for skills – but with “higher education” no longer appearing in the title of her role.
