Question follow-through · 91611
NHS England: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS England staff will be employed by successor organisations and other government bodies.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 17 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 19 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Hospital Wards · 18 Nov 2025
- GP Surgeries: Service Charges · 18 Nov 2025
- Pharmacy: Deprivation Indicators · 18 Nov 2025
- GP Practices: Telephone Systems · 19 Nov 2025
- GP Practices · 19 Nov 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
17 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of NHS England staff will be employed by successor organisations and other government bodies.
19 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Dec 2025
Answer published
Subject to the passage of the NHS Reform Bill, NHS England will be abolished and most of its functions brought together in a new centre. Our ambition is to reduce staff numbers by up to 50% across the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS Engla...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Hospital Wards
18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many hospital wards are not in active use in England; and what the patient capacity is of those wards.
GP Surgeries: Service Charges
18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the value for money of management and service charges paid by GP surgeries to related parties in England.
Pharmacy: Deprivation Indicators
18 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of community pharmacies in England relative to indices of multiple deprivation.
GP Practices: Telephone Systems
19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what was the cost to the public purse of installing new telephone systems in GP practices in England last year; and how many (a) systems (b) handsets were installed.
GP Practices
19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate has been made of the proportion of GP practices with (a) AED defibrillators (b) ECGs (electrocardiogram) on the premises.
Prescription Drugs
19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of unused medication held by patients in England.
Mental Health Services: Men
19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what funding is provided to community based organisations in (a) Greater Manchester (b) Oldham to support men's mental health and wellbeing.
Dental Services: Greater Manchester
19 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) adults (b) children are not registered with a dentist in (1) Greater Manchester (2) Oldham.
Surgery: Lost Working Days
20 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate has been made of the average number of lost work days for (a) public sector employees (b) private sector employees (c) self employed patients waiting for pre-booked NHS operations and
Take-away Food: Hygiene
20 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the current average time is between food hygiene visits undertaken for hot food takeaway venues in England.
Food: Hygiene
20 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate has been made of the total number of food hygiene officers in English local government for each year from 2010 to date.
Burial: Children
20 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what cross government support is provided to local authorities to identify the location of, and those buried in, historic unmarked mass child graves in England such as those discovered in Royton, O