“To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission, what the planned timescale is for the Government's response to the National Audit Office's report, Financial sustainability of schools in England, published in November 2021.”
Answering Minister
the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Wes Streeting)
This Government are delivering record investment in our NHS, but that investment is drawn from taxpayers, and we have a responsibility to every taxpayer in the land—as well as to patients—to ensure that every single penny is well spent. That is why that investment is matched with bold reform, so that we get as much value as possible for every penny. The abolition of NHS England will slash duplication and unnecessary bureaucracy, and I am pleased to report to the House that we have slashed spending on agency staff by almost £1 billion compared with last year. All those savings are being reinvested into frontline care.