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NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes: Finance

Commons · Question 89789 · Tabled 11 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 19 Nov 2025

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Asked by Blake Stephenson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 73482 on Integrated Care Boards: Finance, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of the use of five-year population projections o

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Answered by Karin Smyth, 19 Nov 2025

Allocations are determined through a complex, weighted capitation formula that incorporates multiple factors beyond population projections, including age, sex, need, and cost adjustments. Isolating the effect of a single component would not accurately ref...