Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what projection she has made of the potential impact of each 0.1% point increase in Agenda for Change pay over and above 2.4% in 2027/8.

Integrated care boards (ICBs) were given additional funding to cover the Agenda for Change pay award for 2026/27 confirmed in February, and as such, the delivery of NHS ICB and provider plans has been unaffected.

The Government’s written evidence to the NHS Pay Review Body (NHSPRB) for 2027/28, including assessments of the impact of different potential pay increases, is available at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/joint-dhsc-and-nhs-england-written-evidence-for-the-ddrb-pay-round-2027-to-2028

All decisions on the scale and funding of future pay awards will be announced to Parliament in the normal way in due course once we receive recommendations back from the independent NHSPRB.