CCG Agency Expenditure 19/20

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Dear NHS England,

Please can you provide a breakdown of each CCGs total expenditure on agency (temporary) staff spending for the financial year 2019/20 (April 2019 - March 2020).

By agency workers, i am defining this as temporary workers supplied through an agency, excluding interim workers and fixed term contract posts.

I previously sent this FOI back inJuly and you stated the following:
"The CCG accounts will be available later than usual because of delays with
finalising the information due to the Covid response. As yet we are
unfortunately able to provide an exact date for this."

As some time has passed since this response, are you now able to now provide this information please? If this information cannot be provided, please could you provide a date for when you might be able to?

Thanks
James Allen

CONTACTUS, England (NHS ENGLAND & NHS IMPROVEMENT - X24), NHS England

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Dear FOITEAMCRMMAILBOX (NHS ENGLAND & NHS IMPROVEMENT - X24),

Thanks for your communication. Please could I have an update on the progress of this request?

Yours sincerely,

James Allen

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the content is safe. Dear NHS England, Please can you provide a breakdown
of each CCGs total expenditure on agency (temporary) staff spending for
the financial year 2019/20 (April 2019 - March 2020). By agency workers, i
am defining this as temporary workers supplied through an agency,
excluding interim workers and fixed term contract posts. I previously sent
this FOI back inJuly and you stated the following: "The CCG accounts will
be available later than usual because of delays with finalising the
information due to the Covid response. As yet we are unfortunately able to
provide an exact date for this." As some time has passed since this
response, are you now able to now provide this information please? If this
information cannot be provided, please could you provide a date for when
you might be able to? Thanks James Allen
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Dear FOITEAMCRMMAILBOX (NHS ENGLAND & NHS IMPROVEMENT - X24),

Don't worry this request can now be closed.

Yours sincerely,

James Allen