Jamie Briggs (Mayo, Liberal Party, Chairman of the Scrutiny of Government Waste Committee) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations and the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, in writing, on 25 August 2011:

How many staff were employed by the Minister’s department in the Senior Executive Service (ie, SES) on 1 July (a) 2008, and (b) 2011.

Peter Garrett (Kingsford Smith, Australian Labor Party, Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable member’s question is as follows:

There were 192 Senior Executive Service employees in the Department on 1 July 2008.

There were 177 Senior Executive Service employees in the Department on 1 July 2011.