Department for Education: Public Bodies
(asked on 10th November 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Education:
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
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Education) (Equalities)
This question was answered on 17th November 2025
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:
- Ofsted: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/ofsted-corporate-annual-reports-and-accounts.
- Ofqual: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ofqual-annual-report-2023-to-2024.
- Office for Students: https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/.
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.