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Dept for Education and Skills

Answer

Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many staff the Department and each agency and non-departmental public body for which the Department is responsible had in each year since 1997; and what the cost of those staff was in each of those years. [122260] Mr. Charles Clarke: Data on staffing levels in the Civil Service is collected from departments and agencies twice-yearly, in April and October. Headline figures are published under National Statistics guidelines via a press notice. Those for October 2002 were published on 27 February 2003. A copy of the press notice, accompanying media brief and supporting tables is available on the world wide web at www.civil-service.gov.uk/statistics. Copies of these documents are also placed in the Libraries of both Houses. More detailed information on the Civil Service is published annually in Civil Service Statistics, copies of which are laid in the Libraries of both Houses. The last edition, based on April 2001 data, was published in June 2002. The next edition, based on April 2002 data, is due to be published at the end of July 2003. Staffing costs for my Department for the years in question were as follows. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million 1997/98 100.43 1998/99 107.98 1999/00 116.81 2000/01 133.95 2001/02 124.12 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The figures exclude the staffing costs of Departmental staff employed in and paid by Government Offices, which are not held centrally. Cabinet Office publishes information on non- departmental public bodies (NDPBs) in its annual publication Public Bodies. The information includes details of the number of staff employed by each NDPB at 31 March each year. Public Bodies 2002 was published in January 2003. Copies of Public Bodies published each year since 1997 are available in the Libraries of both Houses. Staffing costs of NDPBs for which my Department is responsible are listed in the following table: £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. NDPB 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 Adult Learning Inspectorate n/a n/a n/a n/a 8.00 British Educational 2.52 2.42 2.73 3.11 3.22 Communications and Technology Agency Construction Industry 18.71 19.98 21.15 23.21 26.73 Training Board1 Engineering Construction 1.05 1.04 1.27 1.29 1.34 Industry Training Board1 Higher Education Funding 5.06 5.13 6.05 6.90 7.80 Council Investors in People UK Ltd. 0.80 0.88 1.01 1.09 1.31 Learning and Skills Council n/a n/a n/a n/a 135.00 National College for School n/a n/a n/a n/a 2.22 Leadership Qualifications and, n/a 14.27 15.08 15.51 19.09 Curriculum Authority Student Loans Company 5.62 6.80 9.35 10.42 12.20 Sector Skills Development n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Agency Teacher Training Agency 2.45 2.84 3.03 3.63 5.32 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 financial year ends 31 December n/a--NDPB not in existence at that time.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

122260; 409 c723-6W;409 c725-6W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Costs Executive agencies Government departments Staff Non-departmental public bodies Department for Education and Skills

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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