Written questions

Integrated Care Boards: Finance

Commons · Question 73482 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 8 Sep 2025

Question

Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the amount of upfront funding allocated to ICBs in areas of expected high population growth.

Answer

Answered by Karin Smyth, 8 Sep 2025

NHS England is responsible for funding allocations to integrated care boards, to pay for the services they commission. This process is independent of the Government, and NHS England takes advice on the underlying formula from the independent Advisory Comm...