Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, in which areas NHS England pays for NHS services through (a) block grants, (b) activity payment mechanisms and (c) outcomes-based approaches.

NHS England (as opposed to clinical commissioning groups, who pay for the majority of NHS acute services) pays for NHS services through a mixture of block contracts, activity payment mechanisms and outcomes-based approaches in areas such as specialised commissioning, primary care, armed forces, health and justice and public health.

The attached table provides a breakdown of where various payments are made*.