Secretary of State for Education

Responsibilities

The Secretary of State is responsible for all the Department’s policies

Biography

Michael is the Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath.

He is married to Sarah, a journalist on The Times, and they have two children, Beatrice, born in May 2003 and William, born in November 2004.

He was born in 1967 in Edinburgh and was educated at Robert Gordon’s College, Aberdeen and then Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University.

His past career includes being a reporter for The Press and Journal in Aberdeen, a researcher and reporter at Scottish Television, a reporter for BBC Television, and assistant editor of The Times.