Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people working on the NHSmail 2 programme are (a) contingent labour, (b) supplier resource and (c) civil servants.
The information requested is shown in the following table:
Programme | Contingent labour | Supplier resource1 | NHS Digital employees2 | Civil servants |
CSC Local Service Provider Delivery programme | 0 | n/a | 8 | 0 |
NHSmail 2 programme | 3 | n/a | 22 | 0 |
Data Processing Services (formerly National Data Services Development programme) | 3 | n/a | 35 | 0 |
Health and Social Care Network | 7 | n/a | 52 | 0 |
Source: NHS Digital
Notes:
The figures represent full time equivalents assigned to the programme or service in March 2019 (to the nearest whole number).
1Contracts with suppliers are for the delivery of a service rather than resources.
2NHS Digital employees are public servants employed on National Health Service terms and conditions.
The figures include those staff employed on a permanent or fixed term basis within NHS Digital.