Written question asked by Tim Collins (Conservative) on Thursday, 1 July 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 20 July 2004. It was answered by Charles Clarke (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 July 2004 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding was made available to, and how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by, the (a) Analytical Services Directorate, (b) Secondary Education Group and (c) Standards and Effectiveness Unit in 2004-05, broken down by their constituent parts. - Inc figures.

Answer: Mr. Collins: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what funding was made available to, and how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by, the (a) Analytical Services Directorate, (b) Secondary Education Group and (c) Standards and Effectiveness Unit in 2004-05, broken down by their constituent parts. [182602] Mr. Charles Clarke: As at 1 April 2004, 293 staff worked in Analytical Services Directorate (ASD), 179 staff worked in the Secondary Education Group (SEG), and 143 staff worked in the Standards and Effectiveness Unit (SEU). However, as part of the Department's intention to create a stronger strategic capacity, ASD has recently restructured so that around 50 per cent. of analysts are based in the Department's Schools, Children Young People and Families, Lifelong Learning and Higher Education Directorates. The administrative costs allocated for 2004-05 were: (a) ASD, £11.444 million (of which £5.984 million has been transferred to other Directorates); (b) SEG, £7.38 million and (c) SEU, £3.62 million.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 182602; 424 c141W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Finance Government departments Staff Standards Department for Education and Skills
Contains statistics: Yes
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