The Bishop of St Albans received the following written answers on 10th March 2025:
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government how many employees in the Department of Health and Social Care are working for the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities.
Baroness Merron (Lab, DHSC): On 31 January 2025, 1,010 full-time equivalent employees were working for the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities.
The Lord Bishop of St Albans asked His Majesty’s Government what additional resources will be allocated to the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities to support their role as lead commissioning body of the use of statutory levy for prevention of gambling-related harms.
Baroness Merron: We recognise that the statutory levy represents a generational change to funding arrangements and a significant transformation in the government’s approach to strengthening efforts to understand, tackle and treat gambling-related harm. As work progresses on the development of our future approach to prevention, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities will consider any additional resource requirements.
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