Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what was the median salary for consultants employed by the NHS in England in each year since 1996–97 in (1) cash terms, and (2) real terms adjusted for inflation; and what was the percentage salary increase in each of those terms between 1996–97 and 2025–26.

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.