Workers Education Association

HC Deb 21 February 1990 vol 167 cc804-5W

Mr. Watson

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many(a) district secretaries and national officers, (b) tutor organisers, (c) development officers and (d) clerical/administrative staff, are employed full-time by the Workers Education Association in England (i) in total and (ii) by district.

Mr. Jackson

The information provided by the Workers Education Association is set out in the following table:

Districts	District secretaries	Tutor/Organisers	Development officers	Administration and clerical staff
Western	1	8	1	2
West Lancashire and Cheshire	1	6	1	2
West Mercia	1	8	—	2
Yorkshire North	1	8	—	5
Yorkshire South	1	4	—	2
National officers
National Office1	3			6
Total	17	89	9	47
1 National officers serve the whole of the Association including Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.