Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS England has spent on NHS staff to (a) support and (b) performance manage Primary Care Support England (PCSE) since the commencement of the PCSE contract to provide services to the NHS.

NHS England employed a dedicated team to support Primary Care Support England (PCSE) between 1 September 2016 and 31 January 2018. The cost of the staff employed by this team to support PCSE was £1.69 million.

NHS England has a dedicated team who oversee the delivery of primary care support services and performance manage PCSE. The cost of the staff employed by this team between 1 September 2015 and 31 January 2018 was £3.42 million. However, set against this, the National Health Service has saved over £30 million a year in administrative costs as a result of the new PCSE contract.