Written questions

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust: Agency Workers

Commons · Question 3703 · Tabled 20 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 4 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust spent on agency staff in each of the last three financial years.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 4 Jun 2026

The figures for the last three financial years for which figures are available are as follows:£47.9 million in 2022/23;£34.7 million in 2023/24; and£16.9 million in 2024/25. The figures for the last financial year, 2025/2026, have not been finalised there...