Written question asked by Mike Weir (Scottish National Party) on Thursday, 27 January 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 31 January 2011. It was answered by Simon Burns (Conservative) on Wednesday, 2 February 2011 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Departmental Libraries

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) certified and (b) chartered librarians his Department has employed in each year since 2000.

Answer

The information requested is not collected. Such information as is available is in the following table:

Number of qualified librarians employed in the Department 2000-10
	Number
2000	32
2001	34
2002	31
2003	36
2004	33
2005	31
2006	30
2007	30
2008	25
2009	24
2010	26
Notes:
1. The figures refer to the number of qualified librarians employed in corporate information services on library, web services, information assurance, records and knowledge management. Qualified librarian refers to holders of a Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) accredited qualification many of whom, but not all, were chartered. It is not possible to differentiate between the two categories of qualified or chartered, as chartered status is not an entry requirement for professional posts in government.
2. The Department did not employ any CILIP ““Certified””, paraprofessional Library staff during the specified period.
Source:
Staff-in-post returns for January of each year.

Secondary information