NHS: Pay

(asked on 20th July 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many external contractors working for the NHS receive a salary that is less than the national living wage as determined by the Living Wage Foundation as of 20 July 2022.


Answered by
Maria Caulfield Portrait
Maria Caulfield
This question was answered on 5th September 2022

The information requested is not held centrally. Private providers determine the rates of pay for staff according to employment contracts and local conditions. However, some contractors may choose to emulate arrangements used in the National Health Service, including annual pay awards.

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