Department of Health and Social Care: Staff

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 16 December 2024.

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Photo of Steve Barclay Steve Barclay Chair, Finance Committee (Commons), Chair, Finance Committee (Commons)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many officials were working in his Department, excluding Arm’s Length Bodies, on (a) 13 November 2023, (b) 5 July 2024 and (c) 27 November 2024.

Photo of Karin Smyth Karin Smyth Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department only holds data on the number of officials working in the Department at the end of each calendar month. The following table shows the data for the end of each calendar month from July 2022 to October 2024:

Month

Headcount

Full-time equivalent

July 2022

4,037

3,916

August 2022

3,981

3,840

September 2022

4,015

3,874

October 2022

3,979

3,838

November 2022

3,978

3,837

December 2022

3,913

3778

January 2023

3,843

3,708

February 2023

3,730

3,598

March 2023

3,670

3,541

April 2023

3,533

3,407

May 2023

3,516

3,392

June 2023

3,456

3,335

July 2023

3,374

3,254

August 23

3,327

3,208

September 2023

3,306

3,187

October 2023

3,301

3,184

November 2023

3,287

3,165

December 2023

3,185

3,073

January 2024

3,185

3,074

February 2024

3,213

3,103

March 2024

3,253

3,146

April 2024

3,308

3,201

May 2024

3,336

3,232

June 2024

3,403

3,294

July 2024

3,450

3,340

August 2024

3,475

3,367

September 2024

3,544

3,431

October 2024

3,599

3,483

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