Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his speech at the Centre for Policy Studies on 27 June 2023, what plans he has for future healthcare-related funding for the What Works Centre for Wellbeing.

The Department of Health and Social Care does not have a live funding agreement with the What Works Centre for Wellbeing.

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has committed £118,484 of the 2023-24 tackling loneliness budget to the What Works Centre for Wellbeing, for ongoing delivery of the Tackling Loneliness Hub and research, exploring what works to tackle loneliness.