Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff have left the Standards and Testing Agency in each year since its creation.

The department centrally holds some of the information requested.

In as far as data is centrally held, I refer the hon. Member to the Civil Service statistics, for Education and Skills Funding Agency, Standards and Testing Agency and Teaching Regulation Agency, at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/civil-service-statistics and https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics.

The Declaration on Government Reform (2021) stated: "There is however more we must do to attract a broader range of people to the privilege of public service... It should be natural for people with careers and skills built in business to serve in government for a period, and for those in public service to spend time in organisations which are not dependent on public money... We will develop new entry routes from industry, academia, the third sector and the wider public sector, with flexibility to suit those who want to build a career in government and those who want a shorter tour of duty”.