§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Eduction how many people were employed in the(a) grant-maintained schools branch, (b) further education branch, (c) teacher training branch and (d) higher education branch of her Department for each year since 1992–93; how many arc forecast to work in each branch 661W in 1995–96; what was the pay bill for each branch in each year since 1992–93; and what is the forecast pay bill in 1995–96.
§ Mr. BoswellThe distribution of responsibilities among branches within the Department was reorganised in 1994. No one branch is or has been solely responsible for grant-maintained schools: presently both school organisation branch and schools funding branch have, among their other duties, responsibility for such schools. Certain duties also fall to the Funding Agency for
1994–951 1995–961 Staff at 14 March 1995 £million Staff £million School organisation branch 283 6.6 304 7.1 Schools funding branch 95 2.3 107 2.7 Further education branch 66 1.6 74 1.9 Higher education branch 79 2.0 78 2.0 Teachers branch 72 1.8 65 1.4 1Forecast outturn. 2Budget allocations.