Better Care Fund
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to the NHS under the Better Care Fund in each integrated care board area; and where monitoring of that spending is publicly reported.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock
For 2025/26, approximately £9 billion is committed to the Better Care Fund (BCF). This includes approximately £3.3 billion provided to local authorities through the local authority BCF Grant, as well as the £5.6 billion NHS Minimum Contribution.
2025/26 allocations for the NHS Minimum Contribution by integrated care board and upper tier local authority are available on the NHS England website, at the following link:
Data from the monitoring of BCF spending is also available on the NHS England website, at the following link:
The planned expenditure data for 2025/26 will be published on the same website in due course.
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