Foreign Secretary William Hague has said a public feud between two senior cabinet ministers has been firmly dealt with by the prime minister.
The Education Secretary Michael Gove and Home Secretary Theresa May have been embroiled in a tit-for-tat spat over the handling of alleged extremism in schools in Birmingham.
Mr Hague told Sky's Murnaghan Programme Prime Minister David Cameron has "insisted quite rightly on firm discipline" which had led to an apology from Mr Gove and the resignation of one of Mrs May's top aides.
Fiona Cunningham has resigned after an investigation into the row He said the matter had been dealt with "extremely firmly and directly," and the focus now must be on the results of an investigation into the extremism allegations.
Twenty-one Birmingham schools have been the subject of an Ofsted investigation after a letter referred to an alleged plot by hardline Muslims to seize control of governing boards in the city.
Ofsted will publish the findings of its investigation on Monday, with one of the schools expected to be found as "inadequate", with its management strongly criticised by inspectors.
Mr Gove is also to make a statement in the Commons, where he is set to face some uncomfortable questions from Labour which has seized on the spat, and accused the Government of "gross negligence" for failing to tackle the issue of extremism in schools.
The allegations led to an exchange of blame between the Department for Education and the Home Office.
The rift between the two ministers became public after quotes attributed to a Department for Education source in The Times detailed Mr Gove's concerns about the Home Office's approach to tackling extremism.
In response, a letter was released from the Home Secretary to the Education Secretary which questioned his department's handling of the Islamist "Trojan horse" allegations in Birmingham schools, despite warnings dating back to 2010.
A source said: "Why is the DfE wanting to blame other people for information they had in 2010? Lord knows what more they have overlooked on the subject of the protection of kids in state schools? It scares me."
Mr Cameron was said to be "deeply frustrated" at the dispute, particularly the way it broke on the day of the Queen's Speech.
Theresa May's aide Fiona Cunningham resigned following the investigation ordered by Prime Minister David Cameron.
Mr Gove has written to apologise to Charles Farr, the director general of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism, and the Prime Minister "in acknowledgement of his role" in the row.
Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt has said: "Michael Gove should be apologising to pupils and parents, not David Cameron. He was warned of the problems in Birmingham four years ago.
"Michael Gove can no longer seek to distance himself from the mess that he has created. He must explain in full what he knew about the warnings he was given in 2010."
Mr Gove had earlier denied the row with Mrs May had damaged the Government, or that he was considering his position over his department's handling of the Birmingham allegations.
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