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Social Prescribing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will commit extra funding for social prescribing, including to support individuals to engage in nature-based interventions and activities.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
25 Nov 2025
Target answer date
27 Nov 2025
Answer
9 Dec 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 25 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he will commit extra funding for social prescribing, including to support individuals to engage in nature-based interventions and activities.

  2. 27 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Government has underlined its commitment to taking a preventive approach to address health inequalities. We are determined to improve people’s physical and mental health to support them to live longer and healthier lives and we recognise the role tha...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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