Public Health: Finance
(asked on 3rd February 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the annual (a) budget and (b) spend was for public health monies under section 7A of the National Health Service Act 2006 in each year since 2022.
Funding for public health functions delegated by my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care to NHS England, known as section 7A services, is allocated as part of NHS England’s mandate funding total. The following table shows the allocation for section 7A services set by NHS England, and the spend for the financial years 2022/23 and 2023/24, as well as the allocation set for 2024/25:
Total NHS England section 7A funding | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 |
Allocation | £1,804,000 | £1,675,100 | £1,650,900 |
Expenditure including COVID-19 vaccinations | £1,768,200 | £1,639,200 |
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Source: NHS England’s validated but unpublished data on section 7A expenditure.
Notes:
- for 2024/25, the allocation figure includes assumptions for demand-led spending on COVID-19 vaccinations so this figure may change; and
- actual expenditure for 2024/25 will be available after the publication of the 2024/25 NHS England annual report and accounts.