Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the cost to the NHS of (1) pay awards to resident doctors in this financial year, and (2) the increase to employer National Insurance contributions announced in the Autumn Budget.

The government is uplifting resident doctor pay scales for 2023-24 by an average of 4.05% on top of their existing pay award. This has an estimated cost impact of approximately £350 million per year.

On the second question, we have taken tough decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at Autumn Budget, this enabled the SR settlement of £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department of Health and Social Care from 2023-24 outturn to 2025-26. The Employer National Insurance rise will be implemented April 2025, the Department of Health and Social Care will set out further details on allocation of funding for next year in due course, including through NHS Planning Guidance and the usual consultations.