Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will reverse the recent reduction in public health grants to local authorities; and if he will make a statement.
Indicative local authority public health grant allocations for 2019/20 are available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-health-grants-to-local-authorities-2018-to-2019
Future funding for local authorities’ public health responsibilities will be a matter for the next Spending Review.