Alcohol Misuse

Dr. Cable
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people, and at what grades, are employed in her Department to work on alcohol misuse strategies.

Caroline Flint
The information requested is shown in the table in whole-time equivalents (WTE) for the senior civil service and the Department’s integrated pay scales.

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|                                                          |Total|
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|Senior civil service                                      |0.4  |
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|IP4 upper                                                 |0.5  |
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|IP4 standard                                              |1    |
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|IP3                                                       |1    |
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|IP1/2                                                     |0    |
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|Total                                                     |2.9  |
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|Notes:IP—integrated payband, IP1 being the minimum payband|     |
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