Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what change there has been in staffing levels in his Department since June 2016.
The Department’s staffing levels have decreased by 474 people since June 2016.
The Department’s headcount is publicly available up until March 2018 at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dh-monthly-workforce-information
The total headcounts for March-August 2018 are:
Date | Grand Total | |
| Headcount | Full Time Equivalent |
March 2018 | 1,637 | 1574.47 |
April 2018 | 1,633 | 1571.19 |
May 2018 | 1,629 | 1567.02 |
June 2018 | 1,629 | 1567.02 |
July 2018 | 1,736 | 1668.92 |
August 2018 | 1,594 | 1538.49 |