Oral QuestionForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 30 August 2022Answered: 6 September 2022

Asked by

Jessica Morden

LabourNewport East

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs

Answer from Hansard

The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Wes Streeting)

Thanks to the decisions that the Chancellor took in the Budget, we are able to provide an additional £26 billion to give the NHS the funding it needs. This will support the NHS in England, enabling it to deliver an extra 40,000 appointments a week to cut waiting lists. Of course, for my hon. Friend and her constituents, the Budget has given Scotland the biggest real-terms increase in funding through the Barnett formula since devolution began. I hope the Scottish Government will use that investment to deliver improved services for the Scottish people.