§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the regional and area offices of his Department, of the Office for Standards in Education, of the higher, and further education funding councils, of the Funding Agency for Schools and of other public bodies for which he is responsible.
§ Mr. BoswellThe Department does not have separate regional or area offices. Of the Department's 2,255 staff, 1,200 are based in London and 1,055 are on five sites in Darlington.
The Further Education Funding Council has the following regional offices:
Other non-departmental public bodies for which my right hon. Friend has responsibility do not have separate regional offices.
- South East—Kings Road, Reading
- London—Percy Street, London WI
- Northern—Amethyst Road, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Yorkshire and Humberside—Blenheim Court, Leeds
- West Midlands—Quinton Road, Coventry
- North West—Cornbrook. Manchester
- East Midlands—Quinton Road, Coventry
- South West—Blackbrook Park Avenue, Taunton
- Eastern—Cowley Road, Cambridge
- (The Council's new headquarters is also at Quinton Road, Coventry).
In the case of OFSTED, I am asking Professor Sutherland to write to the hon. Member direct with the information.