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753477

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what date he plans to write to the NHS Pay Review Body to set the remit of the 2018-19 review; and what restrictions exist on when he can write that letter.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	5695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>I will write to the National Health Service Pay Review Body setting out the Department’s remit in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 05/09/2017 13:30:54 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

751360

registered interest
date	12/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the total NHS pay bill has been in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	4756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The total Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) pay bill for the previous five years is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total HCHS pay bill (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>43.284 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>43.663 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>44.140 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>45.085 billion</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>46.112 billion</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Department of Health’s Headline HCHS Pay bill Metrics, which are based primarily on earnings statistics published by NHS Digital, supplemented by employer pension and national insurance contributions estimates informed by unpublished and unvalidated data from the Electronic Staff Record Data Warehouse.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The HCHS pay bill data for 2016-17 is not yet available.</p><p>The HCHS workforce comprises of staff working within hospital and community health settings, and so excludes general practitioners (GPs), GP practice staff and General Dental Practitioners.</p><p> </p><p>The HCHS pay bill for 2015/2016 is around £46 billion. National Health Service trusts and foundation trusts spend around 60% of their entire expenditure on pay. NHS pay systems have an inbuilt pressure because of incremental pay of around £790 million a year. The value of increments for non-medical staff employed under the national Agenda for Change pay framework ranges from £176 to £4,599; and from 1.0% to 6.7%, which is in additional to annual pay awards.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 19/07/2017 13:40:54 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

748178

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on patient care of the cap on staff pay in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	2847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has made clear, the support and welfare of National Health Service staff is a top priority as they do a fantastic job - the Government is committed to ensuring they can continue to deliver world-class patient care. Pay restraint has helped the NHS to recruit an additional 33,800 (6.4%) professionally qualified clinical staff since May 2010.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 10/07/2017 09:26:37 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

746873

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to end the 1 per cent public sector pay cap in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	2016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government will consider carefully recommendations from the independent pay review bodies before making any decisions on the level of pay award for National Health Service staff.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 04/07/2017 16:32:42 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

746874

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans his Department has to implement the recommendations of independent pay review bodies on NHS pay.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	2017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government will consider carefully recommendations from the independent pay review bodies before making any decision on the level of pay award for National Health Service staff. The Government accepted recommendations for 2017/18 which have been implemented.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 04/07/2017 16:33:42 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

747776

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the public sector pay cap on staffing levels in the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	900198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>National Health Service staff do a fantastic job and the government is committed to ensuring they can continue to deliver world-class patient care. Pay restraint has helped the NHS to recruit an additional 33,800 (6.4%) professionally qualified clinical staff since May 2010.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 04/07/2017 16:31:54 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

732690

registered interest
date	26/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of the Government's public sector pay restraint policy on (a) the living standards of NHS staff and (b) recruitment and retention within the NHS.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	1140
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/07/2017 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has made it clear that the support and welfare of National Health Service staff is a top priority as they do a fantastic job - the Government is committed to ensuring they can continue to deliver world-class patient care.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 04/07/2017 10:50:45 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

732329

registered interest
date	23/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on NHS pay.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2017 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on a range of issues, including National Health Service finances.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 28/06/2017 14:09:59 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

731733

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: 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 end any NHS pay restraints.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	809
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2017 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State has made clear that the support and welfare of National Health Service staff is a top priority as they do a fantastic job. The Government is committed to ensuring they can continue to deliver world-class patient care.</p><p>At Summer Budget 2015, it was announced that the Government will fund public sector workforces for an average annual pay increase of 1% for the four years from 2016-17 onwards. At the time, the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) estimated that this policy will protect 200,000 public sector jobs.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 29/06/2017 15:50:38 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

723010

registered interest
date	20/04/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of lifting the NHS pay cap and allowing the NHS Pay Review Body to set pay increases.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	71459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2017 answer text <p>In setting the public sector pay policy, the Government struck a balance between giving hard working staff a pay rise and the need to exercise restraint in public spending.</p><p> </p><p>The independent NHS Pay Review Body and the independent Review Body on Doctors’ and Dentists’ Remuneration took evidence from the Government, NHS Employers, National Health Service trade unions and other stakeholders and made recommendations on the level of pay needed to recruit and retain NHS staff.</p><p> </p><p>This year the Government accepted the Review Bodies’ recommendations of a pay rise of 1% for all staff groups.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 25/04/2017 12:39:51 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff