{"value":{"id":1844587,"askingMemberId":4658,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2025-10-23T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2025-10-27T00:00:00","uin":"84788","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether multi-year revenue funding for children's hospices will go to (a) regional and (b) local ICBs.","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4359,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2025-11-10T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>We are providing £26 million in revenue funding to support children and young people’s hospices for 2025/26. This is a continuation of the funding which until recently was known as the Children’s Hospice Grant.</p><p>I am pleased to confirm the continuation of this vital funding for the next three financial years, from 2026/27 to 2028/29 inclusive. This funding will see approximately £26 million, adjusted for inflation, allocated to children and young people’s hospices in England each year, via their local integrated care boards on behalf of NHS England, as happened in 2024/25 and 2025/26. This amounts to approximately £80 million over the next three years.</p><p>This approach is in line with National Health Service devolution and promotes a more consistent national approach, supporting commissioners in prioritising the palliative care and end of life care needs of their local population.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Hospices: Children","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1844587","method":"GET"}]}