Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what his estimate is of the number and proportion of (a) consultants, (b) nurses, (c) physiotherapists, (d) pharmacists, (e) pathologists, (f) phlebotomists, (g) radiographers, (h) porters, (i) receptionists, (j) administrators, (k) health care support workers and (l) discharge service staff in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) the Whittington Hospital NHS Trust and (iv) University College Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust who usually worked on a Wednesday in each of the last five years.

The Department has not made any estimate of the number and proportion of different staff groups who usually worked on a Wednesday or Saturday in each of the last five years, in any location.