Office for Students: Staff

(asked on 28th October 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the number of staff at the Office for Students is proportionate to the needs of the regulator to regulate the higher education sector.


Answered by
Robert Halfon Portrait
Robert Halfon
This question was answered on 8th November 2022

The number of staff employed at the Office for Students (OfS) is a matter for the OfS and is not determined by the Secretary of State. Likewise, the recruitment of any additional staff at the OfS is a matter for the OfS. If the OfS determines that it needs additional staff to fulfil its workload, it can seek to recruit the staff that it requires. This includes any additional resource required to accommodate any new duties required by the Higher Education (Freedom of Speech) Bill.

The department works closely with the OfS to ensure that its responsibilities are fulfilled effectively, and that the world-class standards of our higher education institutions are maintained.

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