The requested statistics are given in the table.
£ million Total NHS expenditure Total pay bill 2006-07 out-turn 80,561 35,312 2007-08 estimated out-turn 89,217 36,685 Increase 8,656 1,373 Notes: 1. Total expenditure is calculated as the sum of revenue and capital expenditure net of non-trust depreciation and impairments. This is in line with HMT guidance. 2. Total pay bill comprises all NHS staff in England only and excludes agency; includes estimates for foundation trusts. 3. Pay bill figures are taken from final NHS financial returns for 2006-07. 4. The forecasts of pay for 2007-08 are consistent with those supplied as part of the written evidence to pay review bodies.
The requested information is contained in the Department of Health’s departmental report 2008 in tables 9.18 and 9.19, page 160, which has been placed in the Library.
The 2008-09 national health service (NHS) operating framework confirms that strategic health authorities (SHAs) may agree arrangements with the primary care trusts (PCTs) in their area which allow the voluntary transfer and lodgement of revenue resources with the SHA, provided that such transfer is within the limit of the overall SHA planned surplus. The Department does not expect SHAs to require an involuntary top slice of PCT revenue allocations.
Audited NHS accounts for 2007-08 report the net value of the top-sliced revenue resources transferred to, and paid back, by SHAs during the year, and the balance remaining with SHAs at the year-end. This information has already been placed in the Library.