Publication, Part of Deferred Payment Agreements
Deferred Payment Agreements 2021-22
Official statistics
New Deferred Payment Agreements
In 2021-22 there were 2,645 new DPAs agreed, of which 400 were loan style.
Top-up information was reported for 2,645 new DPAs within this reporting year, of which 81.8% (2,165) were provided with no top-up.
A DPA was not provided for 1,170 requests, of which 40.5% (475) were due to client reasons.
Source: DPA collection, 2021-22, NHS Digital – see Table 3 in the Data Tables
Reasons for the request (where the request resulted in a DPA being provided) were reported against 2,440 new DPAs in 2021-22, and 54.0% (1,320) of these were bridging loans to allow for the sale of the client’s property.
Source: DPA collection, 2021-22, NHS Digital – see Table 4 in the Data Tables
Regional analysis
Of the total new DPAs agreed in 2021-22, the West Midlands region agreed 570 new DPAs, which was the highest figure reported regionally, accounting for 21.6% of the national total.
East Midlands agreed 115 (4.3%) new DPAs during the reporting year, which was the lowest number reported regionally.
Source: DPA collection, 2021-22, NHS Digital – see Table 1 in the Data Tables
The total value of the new DPAs agreed during 2021-22 was £44.6 million and the average value of the new DPAs was £17,000.
The North West reported the lowest average value at £8,000 compared with the South East which reported the highest (£30,000).
Source: DPA collection, 2021-22, NHS Digital – see Tables 1 and 2 in the Data Tables
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