Conditions of Employment
(asked on 13th March 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff in his Department and its executive agencies and associated bodies were engaged off-payroll in each of the last five years up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
The number of staff (expressed as Full Time Equivalents: (FTE)) engaged ‘off payroll’ - defined as agency workers, contractors and consultants - by the Department and its executive agencies: the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and Public Health England (PHE) are given in the tables below.
Figures for the Department
Financial Year | Total FTE |
2010 - 11 | 507.1 |
2011 - 12 | 353.1 |
2012 - 13 | 399.5 |
2013 - 14 | 262.7 |
2014 – 15 to date | 187.5 |
Figures for MHRA
Financial Year | Total FTE |
2010 - 11 | Nil |
2011 - 12 | Nil |
2012 - 13 | 2.0 |
2013 - 14 | 3.0 |
2014 – 15 to date | 2.7 |
Figures for PHE (Established 1 April 2013)
Financial Year | Total FTE |
2013 - 14 | 490.9 |
2014 – 15 to date | 283.7 |