Jim Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-03-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many offices were operated by the (a) Skills Funding Agency and (b) Education Funding Agency in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
Nick Boles
In response to your question:-
Year |
EFA |
SFA |
April 2012 |
11 sites |
21 sites |
April 2013 |
11 sites |
18 sites |
April 2014 |
7 sites |
20 sites |
April 2015 |
6 sites* |
21 sites |
April 2016 |
6 sites* |
15 sites |
* In addition a small number of EFA staff are based at a satellite office in Bristol
EFA is co-located on all sites with other parts of the Department for Education and the reduction in the number of sites since 2012 was part of a DfE wide change programme.