Question follow-through · 88324
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency and National Institute for Health and Care Excellence: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been employed by (a) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and (b) the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in each year since 2005.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 5 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 22 Dec 2025 · 47 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Health and care
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- Department of Health and Social Care: Performance Appraisal · 9 Dec 2025
- Department of Health and Social Care: Redundancy Pay · 9 Dec 2025
- Department of Health and Social Care: Disciplinary Proceedings · 9 Dec 2025
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people have been employed by (a) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and (b) the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency in each year since 2005.
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 Dec 2025
Answer published
The table attached shows the annual budget and the number of full time equivalent (FTE) employees for the UK Health Security Agency, the Food Standards Agency, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, the Care Quality Commission, and the N...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Department of Health and Social Care: Career Development
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Department of Health and Social Care: Performance Appraisal
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Department of Health and Social Care: Disciplinary Proceedings
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NHS: Postal Services
23 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of hospital appointment letters sent by post do not arrive before the appointment.