Department of Health: Agency Workers
(asked on 2nd November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on agency workers in each of the last five years.
This question was answered on 8th November 2016
We have interpreted the question as referring to spend by the core Department. The Department’s spend on agency staff for the years 2011-12 to 2015-16 is provided in the table below. The figure for agency staff includes all non-payroll staff expenditure. The figure is recorded in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts.
2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
£000s | £000s | £000s | £000s | £000s |
70,964 | 56,593 | 39,991 | 19,705 | 13,191 |
Source: Department of Health audited accounts 2011-16