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Department of Health and Social Care: Pay and Workplace Pensions

Commons · Question 28804 · Tabled 10 Sep 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 21 Sep 2026

Question

Asked by Alex Burghart

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether staff in (a) her Department and (b) NHS England are on the same or different pension schemes; and whether staff in each organisation have pay progression.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 21 Sep 2026

The Department, as part of the Civil Service, applies pay in line with the Civil Service Pay Remit Guidance, which does not permit contractual pay progression, and provides access to the Civil Service Pension Scheme.NHS England, as an Arm's Length Body, u...