Department of Health: Staff

(asked on 8th January 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many staff are employed in his Department; and how many vacancies there are.


Answered by
Steve Barclay Portrait
Steve Barclay
Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
This question was answered on 11th January 2018

As at 31 December 2017 there were 1,501 civil servants working in the Department. Vacancies are measured retrospectively and as of 30 November 2017, there were 180 vacancies in the Department. These continue to be filled.

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