§ Mr. CollinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much his Department has spent on accountants in each year since 1997. [183972]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeInformation on spend on accountants is not collected separately from that of other expenditure. The number of accountants employed by the Department since 1997 is shown in the table. The figures for each year are not directly comparable because of machinery of government changes in 2001 and 2003.
Period Number 1997–98 71 1998–99 64 1999–2000 66 2000–01 41 2001–02 56 2002–03 39 2003–04 36