Dearing Inquiry

HC Deb 14 January 1994 vol 235 cc287-8W

Mr. Byers

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what are the operating and staffing costs to date of the Dearing inquiry.

Mr. Robin Squire

The operating and staffing costs of the Dearing review of the national curriculum are estimated at £95,000, excluding the cost of printing and distributing the interim and final reports, which is estimated at £660,000.