Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many FTE positions at each grade are budgeted for (a) this and (b) next year in the Patient Experience Directorate.

The Government is establishing a Patient Experience Directorate as part of its commitment in the 10-Year Health Plan to give patient voice a greater profile within a reformed Department. The directorate's detailed organisational design, including staffing numbers and grading, is still being developed. Consequently, information on the number of full-time equivalent posts at each grade for this year and next year is not currently available.