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Public Health: Finance

Asked by Cat SmithLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 20 November 2024UIN 14641

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to announce (a) allocations of public health grants to local authorities and (b) the length of the funding cycle; and if he will take steps to ensure that local authorities have adequate notice of public health grants.

Answered by Andrew Gwynne

We will publish local authority public health grant allocations for 2025/26 in due course, with the aim of giving local authorities as much notice as possible to plan.

We will aim to confirm future multi-year allocations later in 2025, following the next phase of the Spending Review in spring.

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