To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills pursuant to the answer of 14 November 2007, Official Report, column 282W, on departmental manpower, what percentage of the staff of the former Department for Education and Skills was represented by the 536 staff who are working in his Department. (170568)

The percentage of the total number of staff from the former Department for Education and Skills represented by the 536 staff transferring to my Department is 16 per cent.