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Written question asked by Mark Simmonds (Conservative) on Wednesday, 2 December 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 7 December 2009. It was answered by Mike O'Brien (Labour) on Wednesday, 9 December 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Health Services: Inspections

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many inspectors the Care Quality Commission employs; and how many inspectors its predecessor organisations employed in each year since 1997-98.
Answer

The Care Quality Commission has provided the following information.

Number for inspectors employed each year by the health and social care regulators since2002-03
National Commission for Social Care Commission for Social Care Inspection Healthcare Commission Care Quality Commission
2002-03 1,027 — — —
2003-04 1,472 — — —
2004-05 — 1,397 — —
2005-06 — 1,317 137 —
2006-07 — 1,254 164 —
2007-08 — 960 130 —
2008-09 — 828 123 —
2009-10 — — — ¹913
¹ The figure for 2009-10 also includes assessors.

The decrease in 2007-08 is because a number of inspectors were transferred to Ofsted in that year, as responsibility for the inspection of child-care services was transferred.The Care Quality Commission is unable to provide figures earlier than 2002-03 for social care inspectors. Prior to that date local authorities carried out the inspection of social care.The Commission does not hold figures earlier than 2005-06 for health care inspectors.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
502 c478-80W; 304768
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Care Quality Commission
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk