Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 58546

NHS: Pay Settlements

Tabled: 9 June 2025
Answered: 18 June 2025

Question

Dr Caroline Johnson

ConservativeSleaford and North Hykeham

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Written Ministerial Statement of 22 May 2025 on NHS Workforce, HCWS663, which areas of spending have been reduced in order to fund these pay uplifts.

Answer

Karin Smyth
As the Written Ministerial Statement sets out, the Government has had to make difficult decisions to afford the pay award.Areas of spending where we have made, or plan to make, reductions include administration budgets, bank and agency spend, and the Depa...

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