Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school efficiency advisers have been deployed in each region since 2017.

There are currently 94 accredited School Resource Management Advisors (SRMAs). SRMAs are not employed directly by the Department and each is signed up to a provider organisation that is responsible for their management and deployment. More can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/esfa-extends-schools-resource-management-adviser-pilot.

SRMAs have undertaken or are currently undertaking 221 deployments (130 completed and 91 in progress) to academy trusts, University Technical Colleges (UTCs) and local authorities. Deployments to trusts, local authorities and UTCs have been in the following Education and Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) areas:

• 56 to the ESFA North areas (covering the ‘North’ and ‘Lancashire & West Yorkshire’ Regional School Commissioner (RSC) regions);
• 48 to the ESFA Central areas (covering ‘West Midlands’ and ‘East Midlands & Humber’ RSC regions);
• 42 to the ESFA South Central and East areas (covering ‘NW London and South Central’ and ‘East of England and North East London’ RSC regions); and
• 75 to the ESFA South areas. (covering ‘South East and South London’ and ‘South West’ RSC regions).