Mr. R. C. Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many administrative staff were employed in the education service at the end of 1975; and how this compares with the period immediately before local government reorganisation.
§ Mr. MulleyI regret that this information is not available.
Mr. R. C. Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many administrative staff he expects to be employed in the education service in the years 1978–79 and 1979–80; and whether he anticipates the numbers employed will be reduced in proportion to the fall in the total school population predicted after 1976–77.
§ Mr. MulleyForecasts of the total number of administrative staff in the education service in the years 1978–79 are not available. However, the forecasts of current expenditure on schools and on further and higher education in table 2.10 of the White Paper "Public Expenditure to 1979–80" (Cmnd. 6393) include the cost of institutional non-teaching staff, but those engaged in administration cannot be separately identified. The expenditure specifically attributed to administration in the table cover the other administrative costs of local and central government and are related to the forecasts of overall current expenditure.