Neil Coyle – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Education

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Neil Coyle on 2016-03-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect on Ofsted’s budget of the expansion of Ofsted’s control over early years inspectors.

Mr Sam Gyimah

Ofsted’s budget, like those of all government departments, was considered as part of the spending review in 2015. Their settlement will be published in due course.

As Ofsted are an independent non-ministerial government department, it is accountable for its own budget and operational decisions, including how to deploy and contract inspection resources.

It would not be appropriate for me to comment on Ofsted’s operational or commercial matters.