Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) trainee general practitioners and (b) other medical and administrative staff in the NHS have their pay administered by outsourced firms; and what the total value is of contracts for such pay administration with outsourced firms.

General practitioner (GP) registrars are employed, and therefore paid, either by a lead employer or directly by a training GP practice. Information about which GP practices outsource administration of their payroll, and the total value of these contracts, is not collected centrally.

The number of other medical and administrative staff in the National Health Service who have their pay administered by outsourced firms, and the total value of these contracts, is not collected centrally.