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Department of Health and Social Care: Civil Servants

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are (a) on temporary contract and (b) consultants.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
17 Dec 2025
Answer
5 Jan 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department are (a) on temporary contract and (b) consultants.

  2. 17 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    Information on the number of civil servants in the Department is published monthly on the GOV.UK website, and can be found at the following link:https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dhsc-workforce-management-informationAs of the 31 October 2025, the ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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