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 National Data Services Development 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.