Department of Health: Conditions of Employment

(asked on 8th June 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff were paid off-payroll in each agency for which his Department is responsible in each of the last three financial years for which information is available.


Answered by
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Jane Ellison
This question was answered on 13th June 2016

The number of people paid off payroll, in both of the Department’s agencies, for the last three financial years are presented in the table below.

The information given is an average for each financial year. Off payroll staff includes all agency workers, contractors and consultants.

Number of People Paid Off Payroll by Financial Year

Financial Year

Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

Public Health England

Average Headcount

Average Headcount

2013-14

41.17

279

2014-15

43.33

167

2015-16

40.08

179

Notes

1. An average figure for the year has been used to take account of staff who leave and/or join within the year.

2. Headcount refers to the total number of staff in both part-time and full-time employment.

3. The figures in the table also includes the off payroll workers earning £220 or more per day and reported separately in the agencies respective annual resource accounts.

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