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<p>Staffing data are produced for the department monthly. The table below shows the
number of staff employed in the department at the end of November 2018 and at the
end of June 2016:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Headcount</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Full-time
equivalent </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>a) November 2018</p></td><td><p>6308</p></td><td><p>6074.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b)
June 2016</p></td><td><p>3531</p></td><td><p>3395.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>During this period, there have been Machinery of Government changes. This included
the department taking responsibility for higher and further education and for the
Skills Funding Agency, which merged with the Education Funding Agency to create the
Education and Skills Funding Agency.</p>
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