Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department issues guidance on the issuing of compensation to victims of institutional failures.
Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office
The Government has been steadfast in its commitment to providing diverse compensation schemes that cater to varying needs and circumstances and remains committed to upholding the rule of law, ensuring that all citizens have access to effective mechanisms for resolving grievances, and holding institutions accountable. Each Department responsible for a compensation scheme issues guidance to claimants for engaging with their respective scheme.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England spent on agency nurses in each of the last five years.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The amount spent on agency nurses by year for each of the last five years is set out in the table below.
Financial Year | Agency (nursing) spend |
2018-19 | £843 million |
2019-20 | £879 million |
2020-21 | £838 million |
2021-22 | £1.1 billion |
2022-23 | £1.37 billion |
The Long Term Workforce Plan sets out a path to reduce the National Health Service’s reliance on agency. We estimate that the reliance on temporary staffing in FTE terms will reduce from 9% in 2021/22 to around 5% from 2032/33 onwards, with mostly bank staff fulfilling the requirement for temporary staffing.
Asked by: Sharon Hodgson (Labour - Washington and Sunderland West)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's publication entitled HMT ministers’ overseas travel, published on 21 March 2024, how much of the £15,991 spent on his visit to the USA from 20 to 22 October 2023 was spent on air travel.
Answered by Gareth Davies - Exchequer Secretary (HM Treasury)
The Government publishes details of Ministerial travel on GOV.UK. As has been the case under successive administrations, the Government does not publish granular detail on Ministers' travel either at home or abroad.