Question follow-through · 105029

Babies: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of not expanding Healthy Babies funding to all local authority areas from April 2026.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
12 Jan 2026
Target answer date
14 Jan 2026
Answer
20 Jan 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of not expanding Healthy Babies funding to all local authority areas from April 2026.

  2. 14 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 20 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    The 10-Year Health Plan sets out an ambitious agenda for how we will improve the nation’s health by creating a new model of care that is fit for the future. We recognise that local authorities are ambitious, seeking to deliver universal support to familie...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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