§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the numbers and average remuneration of administrative and clerical staff employed in the polytechnic sector for each of the past five years.
Mr. JacksonThis information is not collected centrally. Publications by the Polytechnic Finance Officers Group (PFOG) for the years 1985–86 to 1987–88 give the following number of staff defined by PFOG as administrative, professional and clerical staff in the polytechnics, excluding Wales.
Actual FTE staff Numbers As at 1 November 1985 3,008 As at 1 November 1986 3,315 As at 1 November 1987 3,288 The figures for 1985 and 1987 are for 28 polytechnics only.