Culture Media and Sport written question – answered at on 25 April 2007.
Mark Francois
Shadow Paymaster General
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people Sport England employed in each region in each of the last eight years.
Richard Caborn
Minister of State (Sport), Department for Culture, Media & Sport
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 e mployees | Number of regional Sport England employees | Number of support centre employees | |
| 2004 | 311 | 173 | 138 |
| 2005 | 292 | 160 | 132 |
| 2006 | 239 | 140 | 99 |
| 2007(1) | 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 |
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