Question follow-through · 16368
Department of Health and Social Care: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has appointed staff from outside the civil service other than special advisers 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
- 7 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 9 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 18 Aug 2026 · 42 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
7 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has appointed staff from outside the civil service other than special advisers since July 2024.
9 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Aug 2026
Answer published
Both before and after July 2024, the Department has appointed a number of staff from outside the Civil Service, including appointments made through fair and open competition where external candidates were successful.
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.
Department of Health and Social Care: Agency Workers
13 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many agency staff were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.
Respiratory Diseases: Health Services
14 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the volume of preventable deaths in the UK due to respiratory diseases.
Respiratory Diseases: Health Services
14 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will act on the recommendations in the Taskforce for Lung Health’s report entitled Breathing Life into the NHS and introduce a respiratory Modern Service Framework.
Bowel Cancer: Screening
15 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support increased participation in bowel cancer screening in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) other rural areas.
Department of Health and Social Care: LGBT+ People
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much her Department spent on activities relating to Pride Month 2026.
Department of Health and Social Care: Remote Working
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of civil servants in her Department were on permanent home working contracts in 2025.
Department of Health and Social Care: Solar Power
7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether her Department (a) uses or (b) is taking steps to install rooftop solar panels on its premises.
Dementia: Health Services
10 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people with early onset dementia have received a care plan review in the most recent period for which data is available in Lincolnshire.
Motor Neurone Disease: Social Services
11 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve access to specialist care and support for people living with motor neurone disease in (a) Lincolnshire and (b) other rural areas.
Department of Health and Social Care: Translation Services
11 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much her Department spent on interpreters and related translation services in 2025.
Pharmacy: Disability
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her department is taking to ensure community pharmacy services in rural areas are accessible to patients with disabilities.