{"value":{"id":1894696,"memberId":347,"member":null,"memberRole":"Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women's Health and Mental Health","uin":"HLWS1464","dateMade":"2026-03-25T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":17,"answeringBodyName":"Department of Health and Social Care","title":"2025-26 Revised Financial Directions to NHS England and 2026-27 Opening Financial Directions to NHS England","text":"<p>My Honourable Friend the Minister of State for Health (Secondary Care) (Karin Smyth MP) has made the following statement:</p><p>I am revising the 2025-26 Financial Directions to NHS England made on 31 March 2025 and setting the 2026-27 Financial Directions to NHS England.</p><p>The amendment to the total revenue resource use limit for 2025-26 has been agreed with NHS England, as required under section 223D(4) of the National Health Service Act 2006.</p><p>The Directions reflect recent funding settlements with HM Treasury and include a number of funding transfers from and between the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England.</p><p>The 2025-26 total is as set out by HM Treasury at the Autumn Statement, with some additional transfers in-year including for pay, industrial action, and redundancy costs. The 2026-27 total is as set out by HM Treasury, with some additions from budgets held in the wider DHSC group.</p><p>Both Directions will be laid before Parliament and published on Gov.uk.</p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1894688,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2026-03-25T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1894696","method":"GET"}]}