Asked by: Wes Streeting (Labour - Ilford North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total aggregate value of the financial deficit for all NHS trusts was in England in financial year 2023-24 as of 15 September 2023.
Answered by Will Quince
The table below provides a breakdown of the aggregate deficit position in Integrated Care Systems (ICS) and NHS providers at 2022-23 year-end. Aggregate deficit positions for 2023-24 will be published in the Department of Health and Social Care annual report and accounts: 2023 to 2024.
| 2022-23 Year end |
Total Aggregate Deficit (£m): | |
ICS* | 633 |
NHS providers (NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts) | 702 |
Number of organisations in deficit: | |
ICS* | 20 |
NHS providers (NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts) | 71 |
|
Source: NHS England
Note: *Includes Integrated Care Boards plus NHS providers
The 2022-23 year-end debt position of each individual organisation in the NHS will be confirmed in their individual balance sheets included in their accounts, and in aggregate in the DHSC Annual Report and Accounts, due to be published later this year. The Department does not hold in-year reporting data on debt.
Asked by: Wes Streeting (Labour - Ilford North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS trusts in England were in deficit in financial year 2023-24 as of 15 September 2023.
Answered by Will Quince
The table below provides a breakdown of the aggregate deficit position in Integrated Care Systems (ICS) and NHS providers at 2022-23 year-end. Aggregate deficit positions for 2023-24 will be published in the Department of Health and Social Care annual report and accounts: 2023 to 2024.
| 2022-23 Year end |
Total Aggregate Deficit (£m): | |
ICS* | 633 |
NHS providers (NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts) | 702 |
Number of organisations in deficit: | |
ICS* | 20 |
NHS providers (NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts) | 71 |
|
Source: NHS England
Note: *Includes Integrated Care Boards plus NHS providers
The 2022-23 year-end debt position of each individual organisation in the NHS will be confirmed in their individual balance sheets included in their accounts, and in aggregate in the DHSC Annual Report and Accounts, due to be published later this year. The Department does not hold in-year reporting data on debt.
Asked by: Wes Streeting (Labour - Ilford North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS trusts in England were in financial deficit in financial year 2022-23.
Answered by Will Quince
The table below provides a breakdown of the aggregate deficit position in Integrated Care Systems (ICS) and NHS providers at 2022-23 year-end. Aggregate deficit positions for 2023-24 will be published in the Department of Health and Social Care annual report and accounts: 2023 to 2024.
| 2022-23 Year end |
Total Aggregate Deficit (£m): | |
ICS* | 633 |
NHS providers (NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts) | 702 |
Number of organisations in deficit: | |
ICS* | 20 |
NHS providers (NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts) | 71 |
|
Source: NHS England
Note: *Includes Integrated Care Boards plus NHS providers
The 2022-23 year-end debt position of each individual organisation in the NHS will be confirmed in their individual balance sheets included in their accounts, and in aggregate in the DHSC Annual Report and Accounts, due to be published later this year. The Department does not hold in-year reporting data on debt.
Asked by: Wes Streeting (Labour - Ilford North)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total aggregate deficit of NHS trusts was in England in financial year 2022-23.
Answered by Will Quince
The table below provides a breakdown of the aggregate deficit position in Integrated Care Systems (ICS) and NHS providers at 2022-23 year-end. Aggregate deficit positions for 2023-24 will be published in the Department of Health and Social Care annual report and accounts: 2023 to 2024.
| 2022-23 Year end |
Total Aggregate Deficit (£m): | |
ICS* | 633 |
NHS providers (NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts) | 702 |
Number of organisations in deficit: | |
ICS* | 20 |
NHS providers (NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts) | 71 |
|
Source: NHS England
Note: *Includes Integrated Care Boards plus NHS providers
The 2022-23 year-end debt position of each individual organisation in the NHS will be confirmed in their individual balance sheets included in their accounts, and in aggregate in the DHSC Annual Report and Accounts, due to be published later this year. The Department does not hold in-year reporting data on debt.
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will take steps to help support the development of hospital staff key worker accommodation on NHS Property Services land.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that local authorities should assess the housing need of different groups in their communities, and support delivery of affordable housing to help meet those needs. Government is on target to build around 250,000 affordable homes through the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-23, with around 244,000 new housing starts by March 2023, and a further 5,000 homes granted an extension to start before March 2024. The Affordable Homes Programme will deliver a large number of social rented homes.
Our First Homes scheme will provide homes for first-time buyers at a minimum 30% discount. First Homes must be prioritised for first-time buyers (defined in paragraph 6, schedule 6ZA of the Finance Act 2003) and not sold to any household with a combined annual income over £80,000 (£90,000 in Greater London). Local and Neighbourhood Plans will be able to apply additional criteria.
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 192375 on 12 July 2023.
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to paragraph 5.43 of The Hewitt Review: An independent review of integrated care systems, published on 4 April 2023, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of a cross-government review of the NHS capital regime.
Answered by Will Quince
As set out in our response to the Hewitt Review, the Department agrees with the need for a review of the National Health Service capital regime, specifically for those areas not covered in detail by the independent review in 2021.
This includes considering how we set an overall strategic direction for NHS capital, how the current capital regime operates for primary care, clarifying the position on new private finance and improving the data held and management of the NHS estate.
We will set out next steps in due course.
Asked by: Lord Weir of Ballyholme (Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask His Majesty's Government what are the Barnett consequentials for each of the devolved parts of the UK of the Prime Minister's announcement of additional NHS funding for workforce planning.
Answered by Baroness Penn - Minister on Leave (Parliamentary Under Secretary of State)
Funding arrangements for the devolved administrations will continue to apply in the usual way as set out in the published Statement of Funding Policy.
The Barnett formula will apply to any changes to UK Government departmental DEL budgets.
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) charitable hospices and (b) the voluntary sector on preparing for the potential financial impact of changes to staff pay.
Answered by Will Quince
Independent providers, such as charitable hospices and other voluntary sector organisations, are free to develop and adapt their own terms and conditions of employment, including the pay scales that they use. For that reason, it is appropriate that negotiations relating to those pay scales and terms and conditions are conducted locally rather than nationally. NHS England has issued guidance on the financial impact of the 2023/24 NHS pay award which is available at the following link:
Asked by: Karin Smyth (Labour - Bristol South)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that (a) charitable hospices and (b) other voluntary sector organisations are represented in NHS pay negotiations.
Answered by Will Quince
Independent providers, such as charitable hospices and other voluntary sector organisations, are free to develop and adapt their own terms and conditions of employment, including the pay scales that they use. For that reason, it is appropriate that negotiations relating to those pay scales and terms and conditions are conducted locally rather than nationally. NHS England has issued guidance on the financial impact of the 2023/24 NHS pay award which is available at the following link:
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, published on 3 July 2023, for what reason he plans to reduce the number of trainee children's nurses.
Answered by Will Quince
NHS England’s initial assessment is that there is currently a sufficient number of training places to meet demand for children’s nursing, but this will be kept under review. The modelling within this Plan will be independently verified and further information will be provided in due course.
The model will be kept up to date, aligning service, finance and workforce planning much more closely together in future years. As programme teams collate more data, the impact of integrated care systems feeds through and as our actions start to be delivered, we can more precisely predict workforce demand.