Hospices: Children and Young People
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 22 April 2026 to Question 125262, what his planned timetable is for publishing the amount that each children and young people's hospice will receive in the 2026-27 financial year.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock
The Department does not hold a centrally consolidated breakdown of allocations to individual children and young people’s hospice, and so is therefore not able to publish this information.
NHS England has informed all integrated care boards (ICBs) of their allocations for the children and young people’s hospices in their footprint for 2026/27, amounting to circa £27 million in total for England.
NHS England has made clear that this funding is to be distributed by ICBs to eligible children and young people’s hospices and is not intended for reallocation to other services. To support this process, NHS England has also established an assurance process with clear steps and timelines, including regular oversight with ICBs, regional teams and hospices. Where ICBs are unable to meet the deadline, this is escalated to NHS England to ensure timely distribution.
A similar total allocation, adjusted for pay inflation, will be made available in each of the subsequent two years (2027/28 and 2028/29). Communications regarding future allocations will be sent once the 2026/27 process is complete.
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