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.
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.