The information on staff employed in each Sport England region is not held in the format requested and could be provided for the eight year period only at disproportionate cost. The total number of staff employed in the regions over the last four years are:
Total number of Sport England employees Number of regional Sport England employees Number of support centre employees 2004 311 173 138 2005 292 160 132 2006 239 140 99 20071 276 174 102 1 As at 31 March 2007
For 2007 the staff numbers by region are:
Region Number East 17 East Midlands 18 London 21 North East 19 North West 20 South East 20 South West 21 West Midlands 21 Yorkshire 17