Temporary Employment
(asked on 10th December 2014) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contract staff work for his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies; and what is the longest length of time any contractor has been working for each.
The latest published figure for the number of specialist contractors within the ‘core’ Department is 64, as at 31 October 2014.
As at 31 October, the longest length of time any specialist contractor has been working for the Department is nine years and two months.
The Executive Agencies and Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies have supplied the information set out in the table below.
Further comprehensive data about all contract staff in these bodies can be found on the workforce information website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dh-workforce-information-2014
Name of organisation
|
Specialist contract staff working in the organisation as at 31 October 2014
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Longest length of time any specialist contractor has been working as at 31 October 2014 |
Public Health England | 13 | 19 months |
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency | 3 | 2 years and 4 months |
NHS England* | 917* | Not Available |
Monitor | 16 | 160 days |
Care Quality Commission | 64 | 4 years and 7 months |
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence | 48 | 5 years and 3 months |
Health and Social Care Information Centre | 58 | 1 year 7 months |
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority |
1 |
12 months |
Human Tissue Authority | 0 | Not applicable |
*The NHS England figure of 917, taken from the organisation’s 2013-14 annual report and accounts, also includes other individuals engaged on a non-permanent basis such as agency staff and secondees