§ Mr. BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how staff numbers in his Department have varied between 1 May 1997 and 31 March 1998. [48879]
§ Ms JowellStaff in post information is provided to the Cabinet Office on a quarterly basis from 1 April each year so is not available for the exact dates requested. It is provided in the table for the nearest available dates. For the purposes of staff in post information, staff are counted as full-time equivalent (FTE)1 not headcount.
1 April 19972 / April 1998 Permanent staff Departmental (excluding agencies) 3,682.7 3,491.2 Medicines Control Agency 389.2 435.2 Medical Devices Agency 117.7 132.7 NHS Pensions Agency 362.6 403.4 NHS Estates Agency 144 133 Casual staff Departmental (excluding agencies) 73.4 90.9 Medicines Control Agency 25 44 Medical Devices Agency 8.6 3.6 NHS Pensions Agency 9 18.5 NHS Estates Agency 3 6 1 In FTE part-time staff are counted as a proportion of full-time hours worked 2 Civil Service Staff in Post Summary, copies of which are available in the Library or on the internet at www.open.gov.uk/co/cseg/pmcsd/stats/apr97int.htm