HC Deb 15 November 1991 vol 198 c693W
Mr. Straw

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will publish a table showing the numbers of members of Her Majesty's inspectorate of schools in each category of job function which will be lost when Her Majesty's inspectorate is reduced to the level proposed in his statement of 27 September 1991.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

Detailed decisions of this kind have not been taken and need not be taken at this stage. The figure of 175 is the best estimate that the senior chief inspector and I have made of the eventual size of HMI when they assume their full duties after a suitable transitional period.