Question follow-through · 16103
Hospices: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of children’s hospices reducing services due to funding levels.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 6 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 13 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of children’s hospices reducing services due to funding levels.
8 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jul 2026
Answer published
We recognise the challenging financial situation facing many hospices due to a range of cost pressures, and we understand that some children and young people’s hospices are having to make difficult decisions about services.However, to support the sector, ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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