Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, by how much and what proportion the (a) total, (b) substantive, (c) bank and (d) agency workforce will change at each NHS (i) integrated care system, (ii) trust and (iii) foundation trust in the 2023-24 financial year.

Local National Health Service providers are responsible for setting their establishments and planning their workforce. This is normally done in a dynamic way throughout the year, reflecting their demand and the types of services they start or cease providing.

The latest published NHS workforce statistics detail the composition of the NHS substantive and fixed term workforce, including by trust and integrated care system. The statistics are available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/nhs-workforce-statistics/july-2023

NHS England asked all NHS providers, through the operational planning and contracting guidance for 2023/24, to ensure that their plans ensure that agency expenditure does not exceed 3.7% of their total pay bill. The guidance is available at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/operational-planning-and-contracting/