Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with HMRC on the adequacy of mileage rates for NHS workers, in the context of increases in the level of inflation.

As is the practice of successive administrations, the details of internal meetings are not routinely disclosed.

On 1 January 2023, the mileage rate for staff who use their vehicles to make journeys in the performance of their duties increased from 56p to 59p per mile, above the HMRC-approved mileage rate of 45p per mile, to recognise the increased cost of motoring.