§ Dr. Liam FoxTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many civil servants and educational advisers work for his Department.
§ Mr. FormanThe Department employs 2,471 civil servants. That figure includes 460 in Her Majesty's inspectorate, of whom the majority, together with their support staff, will transfer to the Office of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector, which is to be constituted as a separate non-ministerial department from 1 September 1992.