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Public Health: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing local authorities longer-term public health funding.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
27 Feb 2025
Target answer date
3 Mar 2025
Answer
12 Mar 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 27 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing local authorities longer-term public health funding.

  2. 3 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 12 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Following the upcoming Spending Review, we will aim to issue multi-year public health grant allocations to local authorities from 2026/27. We recognise that multi-year funding settlements for councils provide several benefits, enabling them to focus on de...

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