Meat Hygiene Service: Manpower

Health written question – answered at on 9 July 2009.

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Photo of Edward O'Hara Edward O'Hara Labour, Knowsley South

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the ratio of veterinary to administrative staff in the Meat Hygiene Service was (a) at its inception and (b) in the latest period for which figures are available.

Photo of Gillian Merron Gillian Merron Minister of State (Public Health), Department of Health

A breakdown of headcount numbers at the establishment of the Meat Hygiene Service on 1 April 1995 is not available in sufficient detail to calculate the ratio of veterinary/inspection staff to administrative/managerial staff.

As at 31 March 2009

Veterinary/Inspection staff—1,254

Administrative/Managerial staff—166

Ratio

Veterinary/inspection:administrative/managerial—7.6:1

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