NHS Employees (Cost of Living Allowance) (Hansard, 6 February 2001)

HC Deb 06 February 2001 vol 362 c506W 506W

§ 18. Mr. Syms:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the distribution of the cost of living allowance to NHS employees. [147346]

§ Mr. Denham
Cost of Living Supplements are being introduced from 1 April for qualified staff within the remit of the Nurses Pay Review Body, working in high cost parts of England.
The supplements will be payable to staff in designated health authority areas in London and the south of England determined by their staff Market Forces Factor. This is a measure of external labour market pressures on NHS employers.