Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 73482

Integrated Care Boards: Finance

Tabled: 29 August 2025
Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Blake Stephenson

Conservative — Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing the amount of upfront funding allocated to ICBs in areas of expected high population growth.

Answer

Karin Smyth
NHS England is responsible for funding allocations to integrated care boards, to pay for the services they commission. This process is independent of the Government, and NHS England takes advice on the underlying formula from the independent Advisory Comm...
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