Written question WQ88878

Asked by: Andrew RT DaviesConservativeMember for South Wales Central
To be answered by: Minister for Health and Social Services
Tabled: 23 August 2023
Due: 31 August 2023
Answered: 5 September 2023
Time to answer: 13 days5 days after the due date

Question

Will the Minister provide a breakdown of the payments that Wales has received every quarter from the voluntary pricing and access scheme since its introduction in January 2019?

Answer

Answered by Minister for Health and Social Services

Since the introduction of the voluntary pricing and access scheme in January 2019 and March 2023, the Welsh Government received payments totalling £261.35m. The quarterly payments are broken down as follows:

Year Qtr 1 Qtr 2 Qtr 3 Qtr 4 Year total 2018-19 £10.94m £10.94m 2019-20 £11.27m £12.13m £12.49m £8.67m £44.55m 2020-21 £8.02m £8.72m £9.29m £7.16m £33.19m 2021-22 £7.70m £8.51m £9.11m £23.82m £49.13m 2022-23 £25.6m £27.29m £28.36m £42.25m £123.54m

Year totals may differ from the sum of individual quarters because of rounding

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