Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff in his department are currently working on the consultation into the future of children's centres.
As of 31 May 2018, there were 17.2 FTE members of staff in the Department’s Early Years Group working in the Quality, Outcomes and Providers team, which is the team responsible for children’s centres. Other staff members in the department also contribute to the early years policy as part of their work, however, the numbers for this are not held centrally.