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Written question asked by Lord Harper (Conservative) on Tuesday, 17 October 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 October 2006. It was answered by Lord Knight of Weymouth (Labour) on Wednesday, 25 October 2006 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Government Social Research Service

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the cost was of the Government Social Research Service in his Department in each of the last five years; how many projects have been completed by the Service in that period; and how many people are employed in the Service in his Department.
Answer

This information is not available in the form requested. There are currently 39 (full-time equivalent) members of the Government Social Research Service employed in the Department for Education and Skills. The annual salary cost of these staff is £1.43 million. In 2005 there were 48.4 full-time equivalent staff and their salary cost was £1.72 million.Research and analysis in the Department is conducted by multi-disciplinary teams. It is not possible, therefore, to say how many research projects were completed by social researchers alone as they often work jointly with economists, statisticians and operational researchers. The total number of research projects completed for the Department in each of the last five years is as follows:

Number
2001-02 119
2002-03 142
2003-04 143
2004-05 253
2005-06 103

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
450 c1912-3W;450 c1918-9W; 95853
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Department for Education and Skills Government Social Research Service
Link
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