§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements exist for the provision of an occupational health service for employees490W within his Department, stating (a) how many staff are employed to provide occupational health services, (b) how many of those staff are qualified nurses and (c) how many employees work in his Department in total.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerOn 5 December 1990 the Home Office had 45,766 permanent staff. Occupational health services for these staff are provided, on a payment basis, by the civil service occupational health service which employs some 100 fully qualified occupational health professionals —doctors, nurses and hygiene and safety advisers—in a network of regional offices.