Office for Standards in Education (Hansard, 1 February 1994)

HC Deb 01 February 1994 vol 236 c673W 673W

§ Mr. Steinberg
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what was the cost of the setting up of the Office for Standards in Education.

§ Mr. Robin Squire
When Ofsted was created on 1 September 1992, it incurred gross expenditure for the remainder of the financial year of £7.7 million.