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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Norman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff were employed by the (a) Medical Devices Agency, (b) Meat Hygiene Service and (c) Medicines Control Agency in each year since 1997; and how many of these were inspection staff in each case. [100017] Mr. Hutton: The information requested is shown in the table. Total Staff Numbers employed by the Organisations shown from 1997-98 to 2002-03 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Agency 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 Medical Devices 131 137 139 136 151 155 Agency (MDA) (3,7) (5,12) (6,10) (9,16) (10,21) (9,18) Meat Hygiene 1,384 1,543 1,485 1,489 1,498 n/a Service (MHS) (1,247) (1,328) (1,273) (1,276) (1,310) Medicines Control 414 (23) 436 (24) 445 (21) 436 (19) 475 (25) 490 (27) Agency (MCA) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. The data for 1997-98 to 2001-02 inclusive are those published in the annual reports and accounts of the organisations. For 2002-03 the latest available estimate is shown, except in the case of the MHS where the data are not yet available. 2. Data in brackets are the number of inspection staff included in the total figure for the year shown. In the case of the MDA the data for inspection staff show the numbers of full-time and part-time staff respectively.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

100017; 400 c1273-4W;400 c1261-2W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Inspections Staff Meat Hygiene Service Department of Health Medicines Control Agency Medical Devices Agency

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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