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Contingencies fund advance

Written ministerial statementMade by Karin SmythMinister of State for Health (Secondary Care)Department of Health and Social CareHCWS503

The Department of Health and Social Care new cash requirement for the year exceeds that provided by the Main Estimate 2024-25. The Supplementary Estimate has not yet received Royal Assent.

The Contingencies Fund advance is required to meet commitments until the Supplementary Estimate receives Royal Assent, at which point the Department of Health and Social Care will be able to draw down the cash from the Consolidated Fund in the usual way, to repay the Contingencies Fund advance.

Parliamentary approval for additional resource of £1,400,000,000 will be sought in a Supplementary Estimate for the Department of Health and Social Care. Pending that approval, urgent expenditure estimated at £1,400,000,000 will be met by repayable cash advances from the Contingencies Fund.

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