Question follow-through · 99886
NHS: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2025 to Question 87412, if he will make an estimate of the potential cost of the applications received to NHS England’s voluntary redundancy scheme.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 15 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 5 Jan 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2025 to Question 87412, if he will make an estimate of the potential cost of the applications received to NHS England’s voluntary redundancy scheme.
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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5 Jan 2026
Answer published
The estimated overall cost of redundancy exits across the Department, NHS England, integrated care boards (ICBs) and commissioning support units is estimated at approximately £1 billion to £1.3 billion. This calculated estimate was informed by inputs from...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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