Public Health: Finance
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of the total health and social care budget was allocated to the public health grant in each of the last five years.
Answered by Andrew Gwynne
The proportion of the Department of Health and Social Care budget allocated to the local authority Public Health Grant over the last 5 years is shown in the table:
2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | |
Total PH Grant quantum (£m) (i) | 3,134 | 3,279 | 3,324 | 3,417 | 3,530 | 3,603 |
Total DHSC Budget (£m) (ii) | 134,184 | 181,441 | 183,548 | 177,095 | 182,634 | 187,636 |
% of DHSC Budget that is the PH grant | 2.34% | 1.81% | 1.81% | 1.93% | 1.93% | 1.92% |
(i) the Public Health Grant includes the notional amounts for the 10 Greater Manchester Local Authorities who are part of a business rates retention scheme and no longer receive a public health grant; and (ii) the DHSC budget for 2024/25 is the planned budget as set out in the Public Expenditure Statistical Analyses 2024 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/public-expenditure-statistical-analyses-2024
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