Written questions

Hospices: Children

Commons · Question 18295 · Tabled 5 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 10 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Joe Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions at the Autumn Budget 2024 on children's hospices.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 10 Dec 2024

We have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at the Autumn Budget, which enabled the Spending Review settlement of a £22.6 billion increase in resource spending for the Department from 2023/24 outturn to 2025/26. The ris...