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Department for Education: Public Bodies

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeDepartment for EducationTabled Answered 17 November 2025UIN 88782

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people have been employed by (a) OFSTED, (b) OFQUAL and (c) the Office for Students in each year since 2005.

Answered by Olivia Bailey

Information on the headcount and budgets for Ofsted, Ofqual and the Office for Students’ is publicly available within each organisation’s published Annual Report and Accounts, available at:

This is otherwise a matter for the relevant bodies, and I have asked them to write to the right hon. Member with a summary of their position since 2005 or the date they were established. A copy of the replies will be placed in the Libraries of both Houses.

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