§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many staff the Department and each agency and non-departmental public body for which the Department is responsible had in each year since 1997; and what the cost of those staff was in each of those years. [122260]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeData on staffing levels in the Civil Service are collected from departments and agencies twice-yearly, in April and October. Headline figures are published under National Statistics guidelines via a press notice. Those for October 2002 were published on 27 February 2003.
A copy of the press notice, accompanying media brief and supporting tables is available on the world wide web at www.civil-service.gov.uk/statistics. Copies of these documents are also placed in the Libraries of both Houses.
More detailed information on the Civil Service is published annually in Civil Service Statistics, copies of which are laid in the Libraries of both Houses. The last
£ million NDPB 1997/98 1998/99 1999/2000 2000/01 2001/02 Adult Learning Inspectorate n/a n/a n/a n/a 8.00 British Educational Communications and Technology Agency 2.52 2.42 2.73 3.11 3.22 Construction Industry Training Board1 18.71 19.98 21.15 23.21 26.73 Engineering Construction Industry Training Board1 1.05 1.04 1.27 1.29 1.34 Higher Education Funding Council 5.06 5.13 6.05 6.90 7.80 Investors in People UK Ltd. 0.80 0.88 1.01 1.09 1.31 Learning and Skills Council n/a n/a n/a n/a 135.00 National College for School Leadership n/a n/a n/a n/a 2.22 Qualifications and, Curriculum Authority n/a 14.27 15.08 15.51 19.09 Student Loans Company 5.62 6.80 9.35 10.42 12.20 Sector Skills Development Agency n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Teacher Training Agency 2.45 2.84 3.03 3.63 5.32 1 financial year ends 31 December n/a—NDPB not in existence at that time.