§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the jobs that have been lost to agencies in her Department in the past two years that have(a) been taken over by contractors and (b) disappeared. [18326]
§ Mr. SackvilleThe numbers of staff in post in the Department's agencies for the period 1 April 1993 to 1 February 1995—the latest date for which information is held—and the numbers of posts in agencies which have been contractorised in the last two years, are shown in the tables.
Agency staff in post1 1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 February 1995 Medicines Control Agency 327 379 372 National Health Service Estates 98 99 109 National Health Service Pensions Agency 531 530 498.6 Medical Devices Agency — 2160.5 158 1 Vacancies and unfilled posts not included. 2 The Medical Devices Agency was established on 27 September 1994. Staff in post figures are given for that date.
Contractorised posts 1993–94 1994–95 Medicines Control Agency 2 — National Health Service Estates 23 — National Health Service Pensions Agency — 16.4 Medical Devices Agency — 4.35