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NHS: Private Sector

Asked by Helen MaguireLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 25 March 2026UIN 121057

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what percentage of NHS funding was spent on private contacts in each year between 2022 and 2025.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The table attached shows the overview and breakdown of National Health Service spending on non-NHS providers from 2022/23 to 2024/25. The table is taken from the House of Commons Research Briefing on NHS funding and expenditure, using data from the Department’s Care Annual Reports and Accounts, with further information available at the following link:

https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/SN00724/SN00724.pdf#

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