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NHS: Finance

Asked by Clive JonesLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 8 January 2025UIN 21212

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much and what proportion of the funding for NHS England announced in the Autumn Budget 2024 will be spent on (a) National Insurance contribution increases and (b) existing overspends by (i) NHS England and (ii) his Department.

Answered by Karin Smyth

We have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at the Autumn Budget, and this enabled the Spending Review settlement of a £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department, from 2023/24 outturn to 2025/26.

The Department will set out further details on the allocation of funding for next year at the earliest opportunity, including through planning guidance. We are not planning for overspends in 2025/26 by either NHS England or the Department overall.

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