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Dept of Health

Answer

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many care home inspectors are employed; how many vacancies there are in each region for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [136868] Dr. Ladyman: The information requested is shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Headquarters East Midlands Eastern London North East North West Number of Inspectors on 0.00 113.25 122.61 133.76 74.91 204.01 Establishment (wte) Headcount of Inspectors 0 110 128 146 75 199 in Post Number of Inspectors in 0.00 103.31 122.30 136.46 72.41 191.10 Post (wte) Vacancies 0.00 9.94 0.31 -2.70 2.50 12.91 Percentage of Inspectors 0.00 91.22 99.75 102.02 96.66 93.67 in post South East South West West Midlands Yorkshire/ PVH National Humberside Number of Inspectors on 256.13 195.99 144.26 132.86 61.35 1,439.1 Establishment (wte) Headcount of Inspectors 261 205 150 135 66 1,475 in Post Number of Inspectors in 246.79 189.39 139.29 129.41 59.73 1,390.1 Post (wte) Vacancies 9.34 6.60 4.97 3.45 1.62 48.94 Percentage of inspectors 96.35 96.63 96.55 97.40 97.36 96.60 in post _________________________________________________________________________________________________. wte--whole-time equivalent

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

136868; 413 c576-8W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Care homes Inspections Economic regions Older people Staff National Care Standards Commission Standards Vacancies

Contains statistics

Yes

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