Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many full-time staff have been employed at the Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory in each of the last five years.
The Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory (RIPL) staff numbers for the last five years are listed below:
Staff employed by RIPL in each of the last five years
Year | Technical and Admin Staff | Medical Staff |
2011 | 9 | 2 |
2012 | 11 | 3 |
2013 | 13 | 3.5 |
2014 | 14 | 3.5 |
2015 | 15 | 3.5 |
Note: Since 2013, RIPL was incorporated into the functions of Public Health England.