Question follow-through · 19128
Department for Work and Pensions: Occupational Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff employed by her Department are responsible for staff welfare; and whether her Department has any contracts with external organisations for staff welfare services.
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- Answering body
- Department for Work and Pensions
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many staff employed by her Department are responsible for staff welfare; and whether her Department has any contracts with external organisations for staff welfare services.
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Dec 2024
Answer published
The DWP Wellbeing Team includes a resource of 8 employees who are responsible for ensuring we proactively support the health and wellbeing of colleagues across DWP, creating a safe and healthy culture for colleagues at work. DWP has a contract for Occupat...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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