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1670742

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date	17/11/2023
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	NHS: Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) expenditure limit and (b) actual spend was for agency staffing spend for each NHS (i) integrated care system, (ii) trust and (iii) foundation in the 2022-23 financial year; and what the expenditure limit will be for each organisation in the 2023-24 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	2416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2023 answer text <p>NHS England does not set limits by trusts, but rather by systems. The attached table lists the system agency expenditure limits for 2022/23 and 2023/24.</p><p>NHS England re-established agency expenditure limits for systems in September 2022. The limits set for 2022/23 require at least a 10% reduction compared to the previous year in line with provider plans. Limits in 2023/24 have been set with the ambition of reducing total agency expenditure by trusts (in aggregate) to 3.7% of the total estimated National Health Service pay bill.</p><p>Agency spend data in 2022/23 is not yet available. Provider financial accounts for 2022/23, including data on agency spending, is currently being audited and will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 07/12/2023 12:57:52 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson attachment 1 file name PQ2416 data. Copy of Agency expenditure limits - 202223 and 202324 (1).xlsx title Agency expenditure limits previous answer version 2996 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1670743

registered interest
date	17/11/2023
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	NHS: Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by how much and what proportion the (a) total, (b) substantive, (c) bank and (d) agency workforce will change at each NHS (i) integrated care system, (ii) trust and (iii) foundation trust in the 2023-24 financial year.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	2417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/01/2024 answer text <p>Local National Health Service providers are responsible for setting their establishments and planning their workforce. This is normally done in a dynamic way throughout the year, reflecting their demand and the types of services they start or cease providing.</p><p>The latest published NHS workforce statistics detail the composition of the NHS substantive and fixed term workforce, including by trust and integrated care system. The statistics are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics/july-2023" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics/july-2023</a></p><p>NHS England asked all NHS providers, through the operational planning and contracting guidance for 2023/24, to ensure that their plans ensure that agency expenditure does not exceed 3.7% of their total pay bill. The guidance is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/operational-planning-and-contracting/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/operational-planning-and-contracting/</a></p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 03/01/2024 14:33:08 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 2998 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1670744

registered interest
date	17/11/2023
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	NHS: Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) total, (b) substantive, (c) bank and (d) agency workforce was at each NHS (i) integrated care system, (ii) trust and (iii) foundation trust in (A) April and (B) September 2023.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	2418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>Substantive staff data collected is published by NHS England, with the most recent data available being from July 2023. The data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics/july-2023" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics/july-2023</a></p><p>Headcount data is available by trust and integrated care system. Bank and agency headcount data is unvalidated and is not of a statistical quality for publication.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 04/12/2023 16:21:57 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson previous answer version 2999 answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1588119

registered interest
date	22/02/2023
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	NHS: Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the financial cost of agency, bank, and other temporary staffing costs at NHS and NHS foundation trusts (a) in total and (b) broken down by trust in 2021-2022.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	150443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2023 answer text <p>The validated data is not yet published for 2021/22.</p><p>While the NHS Consolidated Accounts have been published, this does not include an explicit figure for agency or bank spend as it is bundled together with other spend items.</p><p>We expect the 2021/22 agency and bank spend data, for the National Health Service as a whole and for individual trusts, to be published this spring.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 05/04/2023 09:20:16 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince previous answer version 58177 answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter