Publication, Part of Deferred Payment Agreements
Deferred Payment Agreements, 2023-24
Official statistics
New Deferred Payment Agreements
In 2023-24 there were 3,205 new DPAs agreed, of which 515 were loan style.
Top-up information was reported for 3,200 new DPAs within this reporting year, of which 75.7% (2,425) were provided with no top-up.
A DPA was not provided for 1,410 requests, of which 49.9% (705) were due to client reasons.
Source: DPA collection, 2023-24, NHS England – see Table 3 in the Data Tables
Reasons for the request (where the request resulted in a DPA being provided) were reported against 3,045 new DPAs in 2023-24, and 66.6% (2,030) of these were bridging loans to allow for the sale of the client’s property.
Source: DPA collection, 2023-24, NHS England– see Table 4 in the Data Tables
Regional analysis
Of the total new DPAs agreed in 2023-24, the South East region agreed 660 new DPAs, which was the highest figure reported regionally, accounting for 20.6% of the national total.
East Midlands agreed 145 (4.6%) new DPAs during the reporting year, which was the lowest number reported regionally.
Source: DPA collection, 2023-24, NHS England – see Table 1 in the Data Tables
The total value of the new DPAs agreed during 2023-24 was £80.4 million and the average value of the new DPAs was £25,000.
West Midlands reported the lowest average value at £15,000 compared with London which reported the highest (£35,000).
Source: DPA collection, 2023-24, NHS England– see Tables 1 and 2 in the Data Tables
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