Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) planned and (b) estimated percentage reduction is to (i) staff at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency and (ii) licensing and assessment staff from 2019 through to March 2022.

The transformation programme at the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency will lead to a reduction in the workforce of approximately 20%. The current proposed structure is currently being reviewed in light of feedback following staff consultation and will be communicated to the organisation in the week commencing 22 November.