What it is worthi

If a first draft saves 2 hours of work on each of 4,558 repeat questionsi

£247,792

9,116 hours · 1,232 working days a year

Workings

Staff Officer, top of scale	£38,990
Deputy Principal, top of scale	£49,515
Cost per hour	£27
Repeat questions a year	4,558 of 20,410
Desks a question passes	~8

The 11 working days is a deadline, not effort — much of that is queueing. But eight desks, and a fan-out where five Trusts each do their own piece, adds up faster than one person-day.