To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department’s policy is on the re-imbursement of home-to-work travel for community based staff who use personal cars as their private and work transport. (182856)

Community-based staff are employed by the national health service, general practitioner practices and social care providers including local authorities, voluntary and private sector organisations. Reimbursement for home to work travel is a matter for employers. However, for those employed by the NHS on Agenda for Change contracts, the current policy can be found in the “Agenda for Change Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook” which is available in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to remedy problems in administering the payment of travel expenses to community based health staff; and if he will make a statement. (182857)

Community-based health staff are employed by the national health service and general practitioner practices. We are not aware of any problems in administering the payment of travel expenses to community-based health staff, which is a matter between employee and employer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many incidences there were of NHS staff being paid late due to problems with the payroll system in each of the last three financial years. (182858)

Details of the number of incidences of national health service staff being paid late due to problems with the payroll system are not collected centrally.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many complaints were made by NHS staff about problems with the NHS payroll system in each of the last three financial years. (182859)

Any complaints made by national health service staff about problems with the NHS payroll system is a local matter between employee, employer and their payroll provider and not collected centrally.