Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to table 4 on page 29 of the Health Foundation's report of 18 June 2019, Investing in the NHS Long Term Plan, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the estimate that the NHS will need an additional £8 billion of investment by 2023-24 to meet the objectives in the NHS Long Term Plan.

The National Health Service budget will increase by £33.9 billion in cash terms by 2023/24 – reflecting that the NHS is this Government’s top spending priority.

The NHS Long Term Plan is fully costed and has been developed within the spending settlement agreed with the NHS. It sets out how the increased spending, together with stretching but achievable ambition on efficiency, should ensure the NHS can continue to deliver the world-class service we want.

Future budgets outside the NHS England resource settlement, including those for public health, capital and workforce education and training will be set out at the forthcoming Spending Review.