 The only Secretary of State with this title was Ed Balls, a former treasury aide to Brown.He was head of the Department for Children, Schools and Families responsible for coordinating work across Government relevant to youth justice, the "respect agenda" and family policy, while also taking over responsibility for education policy up to the age of 19 in England from the Department for Education and Skills, with the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills being responsible for education after that age.Other responsibilities included inputs into the Government's strategy for ending child poverty, with the Department for Work and Pensions and into promoting the health of all children by working with the Department of Culture, Media and Sport.