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Hospices: Children

Asked by Wendy MortonConservativeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 12 December 2024UIN 16507

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November 2024 to Question 13775 on Hospices: Children, what his timescale is for announcing funding arrangements for the Children's Hospice Grant for 2025/26.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

We are aware that clarity on the 2025/26 funding arrangements is needed to help children’s hospices, as they confirm their budgets. I have met NHS England, Together for Short Lives, and one of the co-chairs of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children Who Need Palliative Care, Lord Balfe, and discussed these issues at length.

The Department is working to confirm funding arrangements as a matter of urgency.

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