Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his Department's advertisement on the Hays Recruitment Agency website for a temporary Senior Deputy Head of Media Planning and Strategy on a daily rate of pay, whether the post holder will be paid through (a) the Department's payroll, (b) that agency or (c) a limited company.

The advertisement is for a position within NHS England’s established structure, and the individual will not be employed by, contracted to or paid by the Department.