Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 19502

Palliative Care: Employers' Contributions

Tabled: 11 December 2024
Answered: 17 December 2024

Question

Susan Murray

Liberal DemocratMid Dunbartonshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes made to employer National Insurance contributions at the Autumn Budget 2024 on access to palliative care.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The delivery of palliative and end of life care services is a devolved matter.We have taken necessary decisions to fix the foundations in the public finances at the Autumn Budget, which enabled the Spending Review settlement of a £22.6 billion increase in...

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