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WQ.348/2024
WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHIEF MINISTER
BY DEPUTY L.K.F. STEPHENSON OF ST. MARY, ST. OUEN AND ST. PETER QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 14th OCTOBER 2024
ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 21st OCTOBER 2024
Question
"Further to the response to Written Question 319/2024, will the Chief Minister advise –
- what areas of work each of the policy officers working within the Cabinet Office are currently assigned to,
- how many of these policy officers, broken down by grade, are specifically working on health policy; and
- the total annual cost of all policy officers across Government?"
Answer
The below table sets out the Cabinet Office policy officers by policy areas and FTE (Full Time Equivalent) in each Grade band, in response to questions (a) and (b).
Cabinet Office Policy area | FTE in Grades 6 – 9 | FTE in Grades 10 – 13 | FTE in Grades 14, 15 & Director |
Children, education and skills policy |
| 4 | 5 |
Criminal justice and diversity, equity & inclusion policy |
| 3.2 | |
Governance and communities policy |
| 3.4 | |
Social security and population policy | 2 | 5.8 | |
Strategic health policy |
| 3.6 | 2 |
Public health policy |
| 1 |
|
Energy and sustainability policy |
|
| 4 |
Environment and climate policy | 1 | 5 | |
Strategic housing policy | 2 | 2 | |
TOTAL | 5 | 28 | 11 |
The response to Written Question 319/2024 sets out the number of policy officers by FTE in Grade across all the Government departments, which amounted to 86.6 FTE.
The annual cost of employing these policy officers is approximately £8.95m.