Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much (a) NHS England, (b) Health Education England and (c) NHS Digital spent on consultancy work on the organisational merger and headcount reduction programme; how much NHS England (i) has spent and (ii) plans to spend under its contract with PA Consulting; what the length is of the contract between NHS England and PA Consulting; how much Health Education England (A) has spent and (B) plans to spend under its contract with KPMG; what the length is of the contract between Health Education England and KPMG; and with reference to the Health Service Journal article entitled McKinsey wins £1m contract to devise new NHSE data model, published on 10 February 2023, what the value was of work contracted by NHS England has with McKinsey outside of the contract in place between December 2022 and March 2023.

Contract notices are published on Contracts Finder, which is available at the following link:

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These notices include details on the length and value of contracts. All contracts were awarded via an open and fair process through established procurement frameworks.

Consultancy work on the organisational merger and headcount reduction programme will support the organisation in finalising its design and delivering changes to NHS England’s ways of working and shape that save up to £400 million each year.