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	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Nurses: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to ensure the adequate remuneration of nurses at all pay bands.
	tabling member constituency	York Outer
	tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
	uin	250453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>In June 2018 we agreed the Agenda for Change three year pay and contract reform deal which will see nearly one million National Health Service workers benefit over three years.</p><p>The deal gave all staff, including nurses in all pay bands, a pay rise of at least 3% for 2018/19. Over the course of the three years, nurses at the top of their pay band will receive a total pay increase of 6.5% and those below the top of their pay band, due to reforms to the pay structure (higher starting pay and fewer pay points), will see pay rises of between 9% and 29%.</p><p>The basic pay for a newly qualified nurse will rise from £22,128 to £24,907 over the three years.</p><p>In addition to basic pay, nurses are paid for working unsocial hours and an additional allowance if they work in and around London. The average earnings of a qualified nurse as at December 2018 was £32,280.</p><p>The deal was negotiated and agreed with the NHS trade unions and supported by the independent NHS Pay Review Body.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 13/05/2019 16:03:53 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

64518

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the starting salary of a full-time equivalent NHS nurse in York was in (a) cash and (b) real terms in 1996-97 and in each year since.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	202892
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>Since the introduction of Agenda for Change in October 2004, nurses who are newly qualified start at Agenda for Change Band 5. Prior to Agenda for Change they started at Whitley Grade D. National salary scales apply for NHS nurses in York. The starting salary for a full-time equivalent NHS nurse in cash and real terms is shown in the following table.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Cash Terms Starting Salary (£)</p><p>(Full Time)</p><p>(National Scale)</p></td><td><p>Real Terms Starting Salary (£)</p><p>(Full Time)</p><p>(National Scale)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1996-97</p></td><td><p>11,895</p></td><td><p>17,254</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997-98</p></td><td><p>12,385</p></td><td><p>17,646</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998-99</p></td><td><p>12,855</p></td><td><p>17,972</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999-00</p></td><td><p>14,400</p></td><td><p>19,744</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td><p>14,890</p></td><td><p>20,271</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001-02</p></td><td><p>15,445</p></td><td><p>20,470</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>16,005</p></td><td><p>20,730</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>16,525</p></td><td><p>20,997</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>18,114</p></td><td><p>22,397</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>18,698</p></td><td><p>22,705</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>19,166</p></td><td><p>22,623</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>19,683</p></td><td><p>22,663</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>20,225</p></td><td><p>22,648</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>20,710</p></td><td><p>22,572</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>21,176</p></td><td><p>22,492</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>21,176</p></td><td><p>21,981</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>21,176</p></td><td><p>21,600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>21,388</p></td><td><p>21,388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>21,478</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p>1. Starting pay for a newly qualified nurse is normally the minimum of the scale applicable to basic grade qualified nurses as follows:</p><p>1996-97 to 2003-04: Whitley D Grade</p><p>2004-05 o 2013-14: Agenda for Change Band 5</p><p> </p><p>2. Starting pay is taken from national pay scales.</p><p> </p><p>3. Figures given include any staged increases in the year in question.</p><p> </p><p>4. The starting pay given for 2004-05 is the minimum of the Agenda for Change Band 5 scale at the effective date of implementation of Agenda for Change on 1 October 2004.</p><p> </p><p>5. The 2014-15 starting salary change is due to an adjustment to ensure all staff on Spine Point 15 eligible for incremental progression received at least 1% when progressing to Spine Point 16, which is also the current starting Spine Point for a newly qualified nurse.</p><p> </p><p>6. The cash terms data has been converted into real terms using the latest official Gross Domestic Product (GDP) deflator series taken from the HM Treasury website on 30 June 2014 and last updated on 20 December 2013.</p><p> </p><p>7. It is not possible to convert the 2014-15 cash starting salary to real terms because of the way the GDP deflator series operates.</p><p> </p><p>8. To be as up to date as possible, the real terms data is presented in 2013-14 prices. This involves using the HM Treasury forecast GDP deflator value for 2013-14.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 07/07/2014 15:59:22 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

64526

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average gross earnings of a full-time equivalent NHS nurse were in (a) cash and (b) real terms in (i) England and (ii) York in 1996-97 and in each year since.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
	uin	202891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The primary source of National Health Service earnings data is published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre. Data on average basic pay per full-time equivalent is taken from this publication. This is based on Electronic Staff Record data which is only available from 2008-09 onwards so the data series cannot be extended into early years. Data relating to York relates to the former North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust and York Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust. For reference a comparison of basic pay per headcount, which has not specifically been requested, is provided.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>England</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Average Total Earnings</p><p>Cash</p><p>£<br>(Headcount)<br>(England Average)</p></td><td><p>Average Total Earnings</p><p>Real Terms</p><p>£<br>(Headcount)<br>(England Average)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>28,384</p></td><td><p>31,784</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>29,412</p></td><td><p>32,056</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>30,174</p></td><td><p>32,050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>30,439</p></td><td><p>31,596</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>30,657</p></td><td><p>31,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>30,917</p></td><td><p>30,917</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>York</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Average Total Earnings</p><p>Cash</p><p>£<br>(Headcount)<br>(York Average)</p></td><td><p>Average Total Earnings</p><p>Real Terms</p><p>£<br>(Headcount)<br>(York Average)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>27,988</p></td><td><p>31,341</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>29,000</p></td><td><p>31,607</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>30,194</p></td><td><p>32,071</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>30,743</p></td><td><p>31,912</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>31,787</p></td><td><p>32,423</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>30,123</p></td><td><p>30,123</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 07/07/2014 15:42:27 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
	tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

628151

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the value was of NHS England payroll expenditure excluding VAT on (a) permanent nursing staff and (b) agency nursing staff in (i) 2014-15 and (ii) 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	51855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department is able to provide payroll expenditure for all Qualified Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Staff on employment contracts with the National Health Service. This information for 2014-15 and 2015-16 is tabled below. VAT costs do not apply to staff on NHS Employment contracts.</p><p><br> The requested information for 2016-17 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Payroll costs for Qualified Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Staff in NHS Hospital and Community Health Services in England. (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>13.3 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>13.5 billion</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> The Department does not hold national data on agency staff that is broken down by staff group.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 51805 question first answered 11/11/2016 09:58:08 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

628162

	registered interest
	date	03/11/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of NHS England payroll expenditure excluding VAT on (a) permanent nursing staff and (b) agency nursing staff in 2016-17.
	tabling member constituency	Totnes
	tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
	uin	51805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department is able to provide payroll expenditure for all Qualified Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Staff on employment contracts with the National Health Service. This information for 2014-15 and 2015-16 is tabled below. VAT costs do not apply to staff on NHS Employment contracts.</p><p><br> The requested information for 2016-17 is not yet available.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Payroll costs for Qualified Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting Staff in NHS Hospital and Community Health Services in England. (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>13.3 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>13.5 billion</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br> The Department does not hold national data on agency staff that is broken down by staff group.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 51855 question first answered 11/11/2016 09:58:09 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

705638

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to abolish the one per cent cap on pay rises for nurses.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	65836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>The pay cap applies across the public sector not just to nurses working in the National Health Service.</p><p> </p><p>At summer budget 2015 the Government announced a four year public sector pay cap at an average of 1% from 2016/17 to 2019/20. The Office for Budget Responsibility estimates that this policy will protect 200,000 public sector jobs overall by the end of this Parliament. The Government has no plans to remove the public sector pay cap.</p><p> </p><p>Average earnings for qualified nurses (including midwives) were £31,214 in the 12 months to June 2016, a slight increase from the same time in 2015 and similar to the £31,189 figure for the NHS as a whole, which remains well above the national average salary for 2015 of £27,500 a year.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS is one of few in the public sector that operate incremental pay systems. Around half of the nursing workforce is eligible for incremental pay of around 3% on average. A typical nurse employed under Agenda for Change at pay band 5 is eligible for seven years of incremental pay equivalent to 3.8% per year on average on top of annual pay awards.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 07/03/2017 15:01:39 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

706126

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will assess the potential effects of the one per cent cap on pay rises on the recruitment and retention of nurses.
	tabling member constituency	Sunderland Central
	tabling member printed	Julie Elliott
	uin	65884
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2017 answer text <p>The independent NHS Pay Review Body in place for decades is led by experts who consider written and oral evidence about the recruitment, retention and motivation of staff employed under Agenda for Change, put to it by many stakeholders, not just the Government, for example, by National Health Service trades unions, NHS Employers, NHS Providers, NHS Improvement, Health Education England and NHS England.</p><p> </p><p>Based on that evidence the NHS Pay Review Body prepares a report for the Government which makes recommendations on the level of pay award that will enable the NHS to continue to recruit, retain and motivate the staff it needs.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS Pay Review Body recommended a 1% pay increase for all NHS staff for 2016/17 which the Government accepted in full.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has now received the NHS Pay Review Body's report for 2017/18 and will carefully consider its recommendations before making any announcement on the annual pay award.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 07/03/2017 10:18:04 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4127 label Biography information for Julie Elliott

682369

	registered interest
	date	31/01/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will award nurses a pay rise of greater than one per cent of salary in the next available pay round.
	tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
	tabling member printed	Steve Double
	uin	62427
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government makes its determinations on pay awards informed by recommendations from the independent NHS Pay Review Body. We look forward to receiving their report shortly.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 07/02/2017 10:13:37 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

420152

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many nurses are employed in NHS hospitals on salaries of £35,000 or more.
	tabling member constituency	Southend West
	tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
	uin	10951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2015 answer text <p>Information from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (England only) shows that 33% of qualified nurses earned more than £35,000 in the year ending 30 June 2015. 15% earned more than £35,000 in basic pay only for the same period. This includes only nurses who worked for the full 12 months. It reflects the actual earnings of each nurse and is not adjusted for part-time working. It excludes nurses in General Practice.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 19/10/2015 14:14:29 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
	tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

683391

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Nurses: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to implement a pay award for nursing staff in line with the retail price index.
	tabling member constituency	Newport West
	tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
	uin	62940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government makes its determinations on pay awards informed by recommendations from the independent NHS Pay Review Body (NHS PRB).</p><p> </p><p>The Retail Price Index was discontinued as a national statistic. Consumer Price Inflation (CPI) is a standard measure for understanding changes in earnings in the context of inflation. It is used widely to determine a measure of the real value of earnings and is used by the Bank of England for its 2% inflation target. CPI is an internationally recognised inflation tracker which the independent Pay Review Body also recognise.</p><p> </p><p>We look forward to receiving this year's NHS PRB report shortly.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 10/02/2017 09:17:21 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
	tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn