NHS Low Income Scheme
(asked on 3rd November 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 12 September 2016 and 17 October 2016 to Questions 44396 and 46907, on NHS: low pay, what the reason is for the discrepancy between the figures given in each of those questions for direct costs.
This question was answered on 8th November 2016
The figure quoted in response to Question 46906 relates to the direct costs of administering the NHS Low Income Scheme for England only. The figure quoted in the response to Question 44396 relates to the combined direct costs of administering the scheme for England, Scotland and Wales.