To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what progress has been made on plans to ensure that the target for full-time equivalent headcount reductions, referred to on page 109 of the Department’s 2008 Annual Report, will be met. (247453)

The Department will reduce its headcount through a voluntary early release scheme to meet its targets. Since its inception, 118 employees in 2007-08 were released with a further 24 early releases planned in 2008-09 and 58 releases in 2009-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many staff his Department employs in each of its divisions. (249888)

The current number of employees in the Department’s Directorates is set out as follows: