§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what are the costs of relocating and merging the National Curriculum Council and the Schools Examination and Assessment Council.
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe estimated total cost of establishing the School Curriculum and Assessment Authority and winding up the National Curriculum Council and School Examinations and Assessment Council is £4 million. There will be recurrent savings, estimated at £1 million a year, arising mainly from a reduction of almost 50 in the total number of staff employed and from giving up the NCC's premises in York.