Deferred Payment Agreements Report, England - 2018-19 [PAS]

Top-up information was reported for 3,260 new DPAs within this reporting year, of which 70.7% (2,305) were provided with no top-up.

A DPA was not provided for 1,830 requests, of which 60.8% (1,115) were due to client reasons.

Source: DPA collection, 2018-19, NHS Digital – see Table 3 in the Reference Data Tables

Reasons for the request (where the request resulted in a DPA being provided) were reported against 3,200 new DPAs in 2018-19, and 55.0% (1,760) of these were bridging loans to allow for the sale of the client’s property.

Source: DPA collection, 2018-19, NHS Digital – see Table 4 in the Reference Data Tables

Of the total new DPAs agreed in 2018-19, the North West region agreed 565 new DPAs, which was the highest figure reported regionally, accounting for 17.2% of the national total.

London agreed 150 (4.6%) new DPAs during the reporting year, which was the lowest number reported regionally.

Source: DPA collection, 2018-19, NHS Digital – see Table 1 in the Reference Data Tables

The North West reported the lowest average value at £9,000 compared with London which reported the highest (£31,000).

Source: DPA collection, 2018-19, NHS Digital – see Tables 1 and 2 in the Reference Data Tables