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Hospices: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy that decisions on the allocation of funding through the Children Hospices Grant are made by his Department.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Feb 2025
Target answer date
24 Feb 2025
Answer
3 Mar 2025 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy that decisions on the allocation of funding through the Children Hospices Grant are made by his Department.

  2. 24 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 3 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    We are providing £26 million of revenue funding to support children and young people’s hospices. It will once again be transacted by integrated care boards on behalf of NHS England. This is in line with National Health Service devolution and promotes a mo...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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