Edward Argar corrected a written answer on Hospitals: Staff
Mr Toby Perkins (Labour, Chesterfield) asked written question 18874 on 15 June 2022. Edward Argar answered on 21 June 2022 for the Department of Health and Social Care, and Edward Argar corrected the answer on 27 July 2022. The figure £2,436,415.000 in the original became £2,436,415,000 in the correction. Altogether 2 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the total cost to NHS hospitals was of using (a) agency staff and (b) bank staff in (i) 2020-21 and (ii) 2021-2022.
Original and corrected answer
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| Original | Corrected |
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| The following table shows the expenditure on bank and agency staff in 2020/21. The information requested for 2021/22 is currently being collated and centrally verified. | 2020/21 Agency staff | Bank staff | £4,663,858,942 | The following table shows the expenditure on bank and agency staff in 2020/21. The information requested for 2021/22 is currently being collated and centrally verified. | 2020/21 Agency staff | £2,436,415,000 Bank staff | £4,663,858,942 |
The question and answer on the Parliament website.
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Receipt
| Read from | https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1470824?expandMember=true |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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