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Preventive Medicine and Public Health: Finance

Commons · Question 102796 · Tabled 5 Jan 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 13 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to invest more in prevention and public health.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 13 Jan 2026

For 2025/26, the Government increased the Public Health Grant by £224 million to support local authorities to deliver public health services. The Government will continue to invest in local authorities' vital public health work, providing more than £13.4 ...