§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what was the number of staff and the budget for the Standards and Effectiveness Unit at the end of(a) September 1999 and (b) December 1999. [117507]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisAt the end of September and December 1999, the number of staff in the Unit was 204. The running cost budget for the Unit in the current year is £6.421 million.