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Preventive Medicine and Public Health: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to invest more in prevention and public health.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
7 Jan 2026
Answer
13 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 5 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to invest more in prevention and public health.

  2. 7 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    For 2025/26, the Government increased the Public Health Grant by £224 million to support local authorities to deliver public health services. The Government will continue to invest in local authorities' vital public health work, providing more than £13.4 ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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