Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS and foundation trusts expect to be in deficit at the end of the 2014-15 financial year; and whether he expects the NHS trust sector as a whole to be in deficit at the end of that year.

The latest position on NHS provider deficits can be found in the related Quarter Three performance reports, published on the websites of the NHS Trust Development Authority and Monitor. These can be found –

NHS trusts:

http://www.ntda.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Paper-D-Service-and-Financial-Performance-Report-for-December-2014.pdf

Foundation trusts:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-foundation-trusts-quarterly-performance-report-quarter-3-201415