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Hospices: Children

Asked by Alison BennettLiberal DemocratDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 13 April 2026UIN 123423

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish individual allocations per children’s hospice in 2026-27 from the funding announced in October 2025.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

Children and young people’s hospices will receive at least £26 million, adjusted for inflation, in revenue funding for 2026/27. NHS England has now communicated the details of this funding allocation and dissemination to 35 individual children and young people’s hospices and their respective integrated care boards (ICBs).

This funding will be transacted by ICBs on behalf of NHS England, in line with National Health Service devolution. As allocations are administered locally, the Department does not publish individual hospice allocations centrally.

Communication regarding future allocations, for 2027/28 and 2028/29, will be sent once the 2026/27 process is complete.

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