FOI NHS Improvement’s use of agency staff
Information on the number of agency staff employed by NHS Improvement.
Source · Transparency & FOI
GOV.UK Published FOI Responses
12,400 published responses
108 organisations
Q1 2026 latest stats period
85.5% avg on-time rate
Published Freedom of Information and Environmental Information Regulations responses from central government. Each entry is a public question answered and published by a government body.
Published responses
FOI: NHS staff salary data
Total annual salary of NHS staff with direct patient contact compared to staff in administrative and managerial roles.
FOI Clinical commissioning group prioritisation process
North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group hearing aid policy prioritisation process
FOI Scheme on overseas visitors
Information relating to staff sent into trusts as part of a pilot project to recover costs on overseas visitors.
FOI Foundation trust and NHS trust spend on staff
Information on foundation trust and NHS trust spend on permanent and agency staff.
FOI Agency data by staff group
Agency actual spend and forecast spend split according to staff groups.
FOI NHS Improvement staff numbers, salaries and spend
The request asked for the number of NHS Improvement staff, and information on salaries and spend on communications.
FOI Trust spend on staff
Information for trust spend on permanent staff and agency staff
FOI Vacancy data for NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts
Vacancy data for NHS trusts and NHS foundation trusts and analysis on staff shortages.
FOI: Agency spend by trusts by staff group
FOI: Agency spend by trusts in financial years 14/15 and 15/16 broken down by staff group.
FOI NHS Improvement meetings with Lord Lansley
Request for list of formal and informal meetings between named NHS Improvement staff and Lord Lansley from September 2015 to September 2016.
FOI: Agency spend by organisation
Agency spend in 2015/16 split by organisation and broken down by staff group, and total number of reported shifts paid over the price caps.
FOI paramedic agency staff hours.
Total hours submitted for use of agency paramedic staff.
FOI UNIFY safe staffing data
Data submitted by providers through the Nursing, Midwifery and Care Staff Staffing Fill Rate Indicator UNIFY Return since April 2014.
FOI Information on temporary agency workers at Monitor.
Information requested on suppliers of temporary agency staff to Monitor, including spending.
FOI Trusts reporting payments in excess of the price caps
Information about the number of shifts where payments to staff exceeded the price caps.
FOI Agency expenditure for each trust for the 2015/16 financial year
The request asked for each trust’s spend on agency staff in the 2015/16 financial year.
FOI Agency price caps data and qualitative information
Data on trust breaches of price caps; changes to the proportion of shifts filled by agency staff; regional variations in this data; and the impact on service.
FOI Monitor’s agency supplied staff
Information on agency staff utilised by Monitor for 2014, 2015 and 2016.
FOI Agency payments above price caps
Information on the recent rules on price caps for agency staff and the number of shifts in breach of those rules from 23 November 2015.
FOI Agency shifts compliant and in breach of the price caps
Information on the recent rules on price caps for agency staff and the percentage of shifts in breach of those rules.
FOI Agency spend on temporary nursing staff and healthcare assistants
Information on the total NHS spend on temporary nursing staff and healthcare assistants provided by agencies.
FOI Agency staff payments exceeding the price caps
Information on the recent rules on price caps for agency staff and weekly data on the number of shifts in breach of those rules.
FOI Agency price caps: trusts in scope and shifts in breach
Information on the recent rules on price caps for agency staff and the number of trusts and shifts in breach of those rules.
FOI Agency staff payments
Information on the recent rules on price caps for agency staff and the number of shifts in breach of those rules.
FOI Correspondence between Cure the NHS and Monitor regarding Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust
Correspondence between Cure the NHS and Monitor regarding Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust between 2008 to August 2010 and October 2012 to November 2015.
FOI Statistics on agency spend in the NHS
Total NHS England spend in 2014/15 on locum doctors and nurses and other staff.
FOI Foundation trust spend on permanent staff (quarter 1, 2015/16)
Foundation trusts’ aggregate spend on permanent staff by staffing group for the first quarter of the financial year 2015-16.
FOI Introduction of price caps for agency staff: internal communications
Communications within Monitor and between Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA) and Department of Health (DH) regarding price caps.
FOI Foundation trusts’ contract and agency spend
Foundation trusts’ aggregate annual spend on contract and agency staff between 2008 and 2014.
Private medical or health insurance: Monitor staff
Amount spent on private medical or health insurance for Monitor staff and the number of staff that benefitted in financial year 2014/15.
FOI foundation trusts’ contract and agency spend by staffing group
This request was for foundation trusts’ aggregate spend on contract and agency staff by staffing group for Q1 of financial year 2015-16.
Responses by year
Read the chart values
| Publication year | Published responses |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 40 |
| 2016 | 153 |
| 2017 | 68 |
Top publishers
FOI timeliness — Q1 2026
Best on-time rates
Debt Management Office
100.0%
Serious Fraud Office
100.0%
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
99.0%
Wales Office
96.8%
Charity Commission
96.6%
Lowest on-time rates
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
50.0%
Health and Safety Executive
63.0%
Department for Business and Trade
67.0%
Cabinet Office
69.9%
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
73.6%