Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What representations she has received from food bank providers on the increased demand for emergency food assistance in the last six months.”
Tabled: 8 September 2020Answered: 14 September 2020
Asked by
Feryal Clark
Labour — Enfield North
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Secondary Care (Karin Smyth)
As well as the record investment that we put into the NHS, we are ensuring that we get a better bang for the taxpayer’s buck. Under the Conservatives, for example, the NHS was paying £3 billion to recruitment firms for agency shifts. We have cut agency spending by a third and are abolishing it altogether, with the savings reinvested in staff pay and treatment for patients. That is just one example of how our reform agenda is good for patients and for taxpayers.