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Department of Health and Social Care: Doctors and Social Workers

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Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN HL1766, tabled on 14 July 2022

Question

Lord Laming
Crossbench
Life peer
Lords

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many posts in the Department of Health and Social Care are filled by qualified (1) doctors, and (2) social workers.

Answer

Lord Kamall
Conservative
Life peer
Lords

Answered on

29 July 2022

There are 49 qualified doctors in Departmental posts. While there is no centralised record of the number of social workers in the Department, there are three qualified social workers in the Chief Social Worker’s office.

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