Written questions

Hospices: Children

Commons · Question 64233 · Tabled 1 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 8 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Charlotte Cane

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make it his policy to (a) continue to provide financial support for children's hospices and (b) increase the level of funding in line with (i) inflation and (ii) rises in costs.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 8 Jul 2025

NHS England has provided £26 million in revenue funding for children and young people’s hospices for 2025/26, through what was, until recently, known as the Children and Young People’s Hospice Grant. This was an increase in funding from £25 million in 202...