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 the adequacy of statutory funding for adult hospices and what steps she is taking to ensure the long-term financial sustainability of the hospice sector.

The data requested is not centrally held, but on the wider issue raised, I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 13 July in response to Question 16185, which sets out the steps that the Government is taking to support hospices throughout England.