Question follow-through · 48899

NHS: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the impact of providing a one per cent increase in pay to all NHS staff on Agenda for Change contracts in the 2025-26 financial year on (a) total costs, (b) pension c

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 Apr 2025
Target answer date
1 May 2025
Answer
12 May 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 29 Apr 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the impact of providing a one per cent increase in pay to all NHS staff on Agenda for Change contracts in the 2025-26 financial year on (a) total costs, (b) pension c

  2. 1 May 2025

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  3. 12 May 2025

    Answer published

    The following table shows the total cost of uplifting the Agenda for Change (AfC) pay scales by one percent in 2025/26, as well as the costs of employer pension contributions (EPC), employer National Insurance contributions (ENIC), and spillover elements ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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