Written question asked by Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 22 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 November 2005. It was answered by Jane Kennedy (Labour) on Wednesday, 14 December 2005 on behalf of the Department of Health.

NHS Bodies

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are employed by the (a) Dental Practice Board, (b) NHS Logistics Authority, (c) NHS Pensions Agency, (d) Prescription Pricing Authority and (e) NHS Counter Fraud and Security management service; and where each of their main centres of employment is.

Answer

The establishment numbers, in whole time equivalents, (wte) as at 1 April 2005 and the centres of employment for the organisations requested are:

Organisation	Centres of employment	Establishment (wte)
Dental Practice Board	Eastbourne	273

NHS Logistics Authority	Mainly Alfreton, with other distribution centres in:	1,313
	Bury St. Edmunds
	Maidstone
	Normanton
	Runcorn
	Bristol
	Bridgwater

NHS Pensions Agency	Fleetwood	367

Prescription Pricing Authority	Mainly Newcastle with smaller operations divisions in:	2,123
	Bolton
	Durham
	Liverpool Manchester
	Preston
	Sheffield
	Wakefield
	West Bromwich

NHS Counter Fraud and Security Management Service	London	251
⁽⁵⁵⁾ Represents the actual headcount (in wtes) and does not include open vacancies

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 440 c2158W; 32022
Session: 2005-06
Subjects: NHS Public bodies Staff Dental Practice Board Counter Fraud and Security Management Service NHS Pensions Agency Prescription Pricing Authority NHS Logistics Authority
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk