Question follow-through · 71130

Hospices: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2025 to Question 64429 on Hospices: Children, what his planned timetable is for confirming funding arrangements for children's hospices for 2026/27.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
15 Sept 2025 · 17 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2025 to Question 64429 on Hospices: Children, what his planned timetable is for confirming funding arrangements for children's hospices for 2026/27.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 15 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    We want a society where every child receives high-quality, compassionate care from diagnosis through to the end of life.Palliative care services are included in the list of services an integrated care board (ICB) must commission. ICBs are responsible for ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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