Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people the Further Education Commisioner's office employ; at what grades those people are employed; and what the ethnic background is of each of those people employed at each of those grades.

The Further Education Commissioner works with a team of six Deputy Further Education Commissioners and 11 Further Education Advisers, whose details are available on gov.uk at: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/further-education-commissioner/about#who-we-are.

The Further Education Commissioner is also supported by a private office of three civil servants, including one team leader. The Department is unable to release diversity information where figures are fewer than five. These suppression rules are in place to protect the anonymity and privacy of individuals. The Further Education Commissioner also works with a number of civil servants from within the Further Education Directorate in the Education and Skills Funding Agency, who provide wider support.