Letter from the Secretary of State to the Permanent Secretary regarding the ministerial direction request for the NHS pay settlement
Published 5 May 2023
Applies to England
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From: The Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
To: Sir Chris Wormald, Permanent Secretary
Dear Chris,
Thank you for your letter.
I recognise the implications for 2022 to 2023 budgets and compliance with ‘Managing Public Money’. As you say, I have concluded that the wider public interest outweighs the requirement to comply with ‘Managing Public Money’ in this case.
On that basis, I am content to direct you to continue with the pay offer, despite the impact on budgets for 2022 to 2023. I am also content for you to make the agreed cash payments in advance of the 2022 to 2023 excess vote, if required.
I am copying this letter to the Treasury Officer of Accounts, the Comptroller and Auditor General, and the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee.
Yours ever
Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP