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NHS Trusts: Negligence

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentTreasuryTabled Answered 3 December 2025UIN 94582

The question

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how funds paid in the Exchequer due to legal actions against NHS trusts since 2020 have been spent.

Answered by James Murray

Fines against any public body are either returned to the Consolidated Fund or used to offset expenditure of the enforcing body based on whether a netting off agreement is in place. Further information is set out in Consolidated Budgeting Guidance.

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