Question follow-through · 364
NHS England: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people worked for NHS England in every month since July 2024.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 13 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 20 May 2026 · 7 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
- Depressive Illnesses · 29 May 2026
- Dental Services · 2 Jun 2026
- Dental Services · 2 Jun 2026
- Mental Health Services · 15 Jun 2026
- Food Standards Agency · 2 Jul 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
13 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people worked for NHS England in every month since July 2024.
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 May 2026
Answer published
Information on the number of people working for NHS England is published monthly as part of the Department’s Workforce Management Information.These statistics are publicly available on the GOV.UK website and include data for NHS England and other arm’s le...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Depressive Illnesses
29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in England have a formal clinical diagnosis of mixed anxiety and depressive disorder recorded in NHS primary care records.
Dental Services
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many units of dental activity were (a) commissioned and (b) delivered in each integrated care board in each month since April 2023.
Dental Services
2 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many dentists were accepting new NHS patients who were adults not entitled to free dental care, in each month since June 2024.
Mental Health Services
15 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 10 June to Question 303, how much was spent on forensic support services in each year since 2005.
Food Standards Agency
2 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to section 5 of the Government Efficiency Framework, if he will publish the most recent quarterly efficiency report provided by the Food Standards Agency.
Mental Health Services
3 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much was spent on forensic support services in each year since 2013/14 by a) high, b) medium and c) low secure services.
Mental Health Services
6 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people were being cared for in forensic support services in each year since 2013-14, broken down by a) high, b) medium and c) low secure services.
Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
2 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients are currently detained under Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983, broken down by section.
Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
2 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients detained under Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983 were discharged from hospital in the most recent 12 months for which data is available, broken down by section.
Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
3 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients detained under Part III of the Mental Health Act 1983 are held in (a) low, (b) medium and (c) high secure hospitals as of the latest date for which figures are available.
Sexual Offences: Medical Treatments
4 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people in the custody of HM Prison and Probation Service are currently receiving medication to manage problematic sexual arousal (MMPSA).
Cannabis: Social Media
9 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department and the MHRA are taking to enforce restrictions on the advertising of cannabis-based products for medicinal use on social media.