Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what the staffing compliment for the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities will be; and what percentage of staff will transfer from Public Health England.

The Office of Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) was established on 1 October. Around 930 staff have moved into OHID from Public Health England (PHE) – the majority of PHE’s health improvement functions, together with around 300 staff working on Public Health in the Department of Health and Social Care. Around three quarters of staff in OHID are from Public Health England. Work is now being taken forward in the light of the Spending Review settlement to confirm the future budget and staffing levels for OHID.