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NHS England: East of England

Asked by Mr Mark FrancoisConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 25 February 2025UIN 29437

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2025 to Question 26430 on NHS England: Staff, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by NHS East of England Headquarters in (a) 2021, (b) 2022, (c) 2023 and (d) 2024; and what was the total salary for those employees in each of those years.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The following table shows the number of budgeted full-time equivalent (FTE) staff, specifically the number of budgeted posts rather than the number of staff currently employed, and the pay budget for NHS England East of England, each year from 2021/22 to 2024/25:

Year

Budgeted FTE staff

Pay budget

2024/25

637

£58,855,000

2023/24

578.24

£45,045,000

2022/23

731.31

£47,412,000

2021/22

599.99

£39,366,000

Note: data for 2024/25 is as of the tenth month.

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