Department of Health: EU Nationals
(asked on 7th September 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many citizens of other EU countries work in his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
As far as possible, the information requested, about how many citizens of other European Union countries work in the Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies is set out in the table below.
Name of Organisation | Number of citizens of other EU countries working in each organisation | Comments |
‘Central’ Department of Health | 31 staff are identified as citizens of another EU country (Ireland) but 226 people have not declared nationality. | Nationality is not a mandatory field in the Department’s Business Management System. |
Care Quality Commission | 92 |
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NHS England | 88 |
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NHS Digital | Of 2,753 employees, 1,462 have confirmed their nationality. Of that 1,462, 40 have confirmed that their nationality is one of the other EU countries. |
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Health Education England | Of 2,598 staff records, 871 record nationality. Of those, 44 staff are ‘other EU Nationals’. |
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Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority | 5 or fewer |
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Health Research Authority | 5 or fewer |
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Human Tissue Authority | 5 or fewer |
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Monitor* | 53 | Five or fewer employee records do not record nationality. |
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) | This information is not collected by NICE. | As other EU citizens have the same working rights as United Kingdom citizens, including not requiring visas, we have not needed to collect and retain this information about employees. |
Public Health England | 345 | This is based on data from ESR (Electronic Staff Record) on the nationality field. |
Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency | 106 |
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*Monitor is now part of NHS Improvement, however it is still a legal entity in its own right.