HSE Staffing by Division/Directorate: 1 April 2003 – 1 April 2008

• 2006
• 2007
• 2008

1. Figures in the first column for 1.4.2006 include staff with responsibility for rail regulation health & safety matters who transferred to the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) on that date. Inclusion will enable direct comparison with previous years’ figures.
2. From 1.4.2006, HSC’s Secretariat is shown separately.  Replaced by Board of HSE after merger 1.4.08
3. The Solicitors’ Office was renamed the Legal Advisor’s Office in January 2005. Moved out of Policy 1.4.08
4. Directorate of Information and Advisory Services section of the Resources and Planning Directorate (RPD) was reformed into Communications Delivery Service in October 2004. From 1.4.2006 the Chief Executive’s Office is included in RPD’s figures.
5. Communications Directorate was formed in January 2004.  From 1.4.08 includes CDS (FTE 54) who moved out of RPD on that date
6. From 1.4.2006 Strategy Division includes HSE’s Secretariat.
7. Operational Policy and Support Division, which replaced Operational Policy Division in January 2005, comprised Operational Policy Unit (formerly Operational Unit), Local Authority Unit and Operations Support Unit.
8. From 1.4.2006, Local Authority Unit is shown separately.
9. Nuclear Safety Directorate was renamed Nuclear Directorate (ND) on 1.04.2007 and the staff in post figure has been restated to include staff in the Office for Nuclear Security (FTE 29) and UK Safeguards Office (FTE 5) who transferred from the Dept for Trade and Industry to HSE on that date.  
10. The Electrical Equipment Certification Service ceased to operate on 1.10.2002.
11. The Corporate Science and Analytical Services Directorate was formed 1.1.2003 and combined analytical services, risk policy and science and technology into one Directorate.  Renamed Chief Scientific Advisor’s Group on 1.4.08
12. Science and Technology Group (formed 1.10.07) renamed Corporate Specialist Division 1.4.08
13. PSD (Pesticides Safety Directorate) transferred from DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) to HSE on 1 April 2008.  Figures are shown including and excluding PSD to enable direct comparison with previous years’ figures.