The Baroness (Kay) Andrews of Southover was Chair of English Heritage 2009-2013; Deputy Chair of the National Lottery Heritage Fund 2016-2023 and Chair of the Committee for Wales; and Governor of the Charterhouse, 2016-2025.
She was Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government 2005-2009; Government Whip on Education and Health, 2003-2005; Adviser to the Welsh Government on Culture and Social Justice, 2012-13; Chair of the Common Frameworks Scrutiny Committee of the House of Lords, 2020-2024; Chair of the Select Committee on Adult Social Care, 2022; and Deputy Chairman and Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, 2012-2021.
Before being raised to the peerage in 2000, Baroness Andrews was a Fellow of the Science Policy Research Unit at Sussex University (1968-1970); Parliamentary Clerk in the House of Commons, 1970-1985; and Policy Adviser on education, science and social policy to Neil Kinnock as Leader of the Opposition from 1985-1992. From 1992 until 2002, Baroness Andrews was the Founder and Director of Education Extra, the national charity for out of school learning and activities. She received the OBE in 1998 for her work in education.
She has written books and articles on the history and organisation of science and technology policy, on poverty and social policy, and on education.