June's snap general election prompted a significant shake-up within the Department for Education.
Edward Timpson's electoral defeat in his Crewe and Nantwich constituency required his replacement as children's minister, while Caroline Dinenage, childcare minister since August 2016, was moved to a new role at the Department for Work and Pensions, just months before a major expansion of free childcare provision.
It had been assumed that the two briefs would continue to be held by separate ministers, so it came as something of a surprise when the DfE announced that former immigration minister Robert Goodwill would take on both roles.
Speaking to CYP Now shortly after his appointment, Goodwill dismissed the notion that the brief is too big for one minister.
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