Oral QuestionDepartment of Health and Social Care

What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of life expectancy.

Tabled: 22 January 2020Answered: 28 January 2020

Asked by

Kate Osborne

LabourJarrow and Gateshead East

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Answer from Hansard

Emma Hardy

Of course, we recognise the impacts of the cost of living on all our constituents, but the years of under-investment by the Conservatives mean that we need £88 billion-worth of investment in the industry. Customer bills will be ringfenced under the changes brought about by the Government, and if that money is not spent on infrastructure improvement, it will be refunded to customers. Of course, the final bills are determined by Ofwat, not the Government.