Staff redundancies within the Department for Education
Published 30 September 2011
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- Date requested: 9 September 2011
- Publish date: 30 September 2011
- Updated: 7 June 2012
1. Request
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How many people have taken compulsory redundancy since 1 May 2010 and what the value is of those payments made to them under the terms of their redundancy?
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How many people have taken voluntary redundancy since 1 May 2010 and what the value is of those payments made to them under the terms of their redundancy?
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Could these results be broken down so to include figures from the department and for each its non-departmental bodies?
2. Release
The information for the ‘Education Family’ (the department and its arm’s length bodies) is set out in the table below:
| Name | Voluntary | Compulsory | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staff Number | Cost | Staff Number | Cost | |
| Department for Education | 178 | £9.3m | N/A | N/A |
| British Educational Communications and Technology Agency (BECTA) | 143 | £4.6m | 27 | £909,658 |
| Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) £2. 5m | 81 | £1.5m | 40 | £962,594 |
| Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) | 11 | £130,056 | N/A | N/A |
| General Teaching Council for England (GTCE) | Nil cost | |||
| National College | 23 | £651,948 | N/A | N/A |
| Office of the Children's Commissioner (OCC) | 1 | £10,099 | N/A | N/A |
| Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) | Nil cost | |||
| Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) | 27 | £1.4m | N/A | N/A |
| Partnerships for Schools (PfS) | 19 | £522,231 | 2 | £54,696 |
| Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency (QCDA) | 140 | £6.0m | N/A | N/A |
| School Food Trust (SFT) | 12 | £213,362 | 6 | £110,410 |
| Training and Development Agency (TDA) | 21 | £1.9m | ||
| Young People's Learning Agency (YPLA) | Nil cost | |||