Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many citizens of non-UK EU countries work in his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
As far as possible the latest available information requested about how many citizens of non-United Kingdom European Union countries work in his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies is presented in the table below.
Name of Organisation | Number of citizens of non-UK EU countries working in each organisation | Comments |
‘Central’ Department of Health | 31 staff are identified as citizens of another EU country (Ireland) but 247 people have not declared nationality, | Nationality is not a mandatory field in the Department’s Business Management System. As at 6 October 2016 |
Care Quality Commission | 90 | As at 1 November 2016. |
NHS England | 87 | As at 31 October 2016 |
NHS Digital | 40 have confirmed that their nationality is one of the non-UK EU countries. Of a total of 2,753 employees, 1,462 have confirmed their nationality. |
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Health Education England | 2,589 staff, of which 43 are recorded EU nationals, and 612 have no recorded nationality. | Nationality is not a mandatory field on electronic staff records. |
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority | 5 or fewer |
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Health Research Authority | 5 or fewer | As at 31 October 2016 |
Human Tissue Authority | 5 or fewer |
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Monitor | 53 record their nationalities as non-UK EU citizens | Five or fewer employee records do not record nationality. Monitor is now part of NHS Improvement but is still a legal entity. |
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 UK citizens, including not requiring visas, we have not needed to collect and retain this information about employees. |
Public Health England | 352 | As of 1 November 2016 |
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency | 105 |
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