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<p>Trust pay reporting is split into substantive, bank and agency with no separate
category for contractors. We are therefore not able to provide figures for the amounts
spent on contract staff. However, comparable figures for agency expenditure are available
from 2012-13 and are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£
million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2,113</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2,589</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>3,190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>3,635</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>2,935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>2,407</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>Agency expenditure up to Q2 this year was £1.21 billion with an annual ceiling
target of £2.2 billion. Trust financial plans for 2019/20, including temporary staffing,
are currently being finalised so we are not able to provide any information on this
yet.</p><p> </p><p>We are committed to reducing trusts’ reliance on agency workers,
whilst ensuring they can meet their temporary staffing needs. Since the introduction
of the agency reduction measures in 2016, agency spend has fallen from a peak of £3.6
billion in 2015/16 to £2.4 billion in 2017/18 – a £1.2 billion reduction.</p>
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