§ Mr. StevensonTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list(a) the total costs of the Office for Standards in Education since being established and (b) the annual costs. [14363]
§ Mr. ByersThe total cost of Ofsted from April 1993 to March 1997 was £313 million. The costs from September 1992 to March 1993 were within the budget of the Department of Education and were not separately identified.
Annual costs are as follows:
£ million 1993–94 46 1994–95 63 1995–96 82 1996–97 122 1997–98 (forecast) 151