Question follow-through · 42143
Community Health Services: Medical Equipment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the recent National Living Wage increase and National Insurance Contributions rise on the financial viability of community equipme
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 27 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 31 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 7 Apr 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
27 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the recent National Living Wage increase and National Insurance Contributions rise on the financial viability of community equipme
31 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 Apr 2025
Answer published
At the 2024 Autumn Budget, the Government announced a £22.6 billion increase in day-to-day health spending and a £3.1 billion increase in the capital budget over financial years 2024/2025 and 2025/2026. Departmental budgets beyond 2025/26 will be set thro...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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