Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of Hospice UK's call for £112.5 million in recurring revenue funding from 2026-27 onwards, for specialist palliative care delivered by hospices.

I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given on 20 July 2026 to the Hon Member for Hinckley and Bosworth to Question 18732 and to the answer given on 13 July 2026 to the Hon Member for Stratford-on-Avon to Question 16185, which set out the Government's position on this matter.