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Department of Health and Social Care: Agency Workers

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.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
15 Jul 2026
Answer
20 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    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.

  2. 15 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    Information on the Department’s workforce 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-informationThe following table shows the number of non-payroll...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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