Written question WQ94611

Asked by: Andrew RT DaviesConservativeMember for South Wales Central
To be answered by: Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Tabled: 18 October 2024
Due: 25 October 2024
Answered: 29 October 2024
Time to answer: 11 days4 days after the due date

Question

Will the Cabinet Secretary confirm how many full-time equivalent food hygiene officers are employed in Wales, broken down by local authority?

Answer

Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care

There are currently 130.775 full-time equivalent food hygiene officers employed in Wales. These are employed to deliver food hygiene official controls. This information was reported by local authorities to the Food Standards Agency in April 2024. The table below provides the local authority breakdown.

Local authority

No. of authorised FTE officers

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

5.2

Bridgend County Borough Council

6.2

Caerphilly County Borough Council

9.7

Carmarthenshire County Council

3.4

Ceredigion County Council

3.4

City & County of Swansea

7.95

City of Cardiff Council

19.5

Conwy County Borough Council

2.9

Denbighshire County Council

Flintshire County Council

6.85

Gwynedd Council

5.7

Isle of Anglesey County Council

4.1

Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council

Monmouthshire County Council

Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council

6.54

Newport City Council

5.8

Pembrokeshire County Council

6.4

Powys County Council

6.68

Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

Torfaen County Borough Council

2.55

Vale of Glamorgan Council

6.4

Wrexham County Borough Council

4.5

Total

130.775

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