Gordon Marsden – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Gordon Marsden on 2016-01-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many full-time equivalent staff there were in the Skills Funding Agency in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.
Nick Boles
The table below outlines the total number of staff employed by full-time equivalence in the Skills Funding Agency:
|
2010-11 |
1459 |
|
2011-12 |
1580 |
|
2012-13 |
1200 |
|
2013-14 |
1142 |
|
2014-15 |
788 |
Staffing numbers have reduced as part of the Civil Service reform programme. Alongside this, the Skills Funding Agency has prioritised its resources to focus on 3 million apprenticeship starts. The latest Statistical First Release shows an upward trajectory of apprenticeship starts.
