Publication, Part of Deferred Payment Agreements
Deferred Payment Agreements, 2023-24
Official statistics
Outstanding Deferred Payment Agreements
As of 31 March 2024, the total number of outstanding DPAs reported was 6,815 with a total value of £343.3 million.
Of the total number of outstanding DPAs reported, 1.1% (75) related to clients aged 18 to 64 and 98.9% (6,740) to clients aged 65 and over.
Source: DPA collection, 2023-24, NHS England – see Table 1 in the Data Tables and mid-year 2022 population estimates (released 15 July 2024) have been used for the 2023-24 data, available from Office for National Statistics
Average value of an outstanding DPA
The average value of an outstanding DPA on 31st March 2024 in England was £50,000.
This is double the average amount of a new DPA (£25,000). As seen in the previous ‘Duration of concluded DPAs by the reason’ chart, more than a third (40.8%) of all DPAs are recovered within the first 12 months and so care costs for new DPAs are less likely to accrue to the same extent as outstanding DPAs.
The following chart shows the variation in average values of outstanding DPAs by region from £29,000 in North East to £88,000 in London.
Source: DPA collection, 2023-24, NHS England – see Tables 1 and 2 in the Data Tables
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