Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 183563
Public Health: Pay
Tabled: 2 May 2023
Answered: 9 May 2023
Named DayQuestion
Daisy Cooper
Liberal Democrat — St Albans
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2023 to Question 181666, whether his Department plans to provide funding to increase pay for public health staff employed by local authorities by 3.5 per cent.
Answer
Neil O'BrienIn 2023/24, we are providing each local authority with a 3.3% cash terms increase in the public health grant.
This is part of a wider package of public health investment, including work to improve the Start for Life offer and support improvements in the quality and capacity of drug and alcohol treatment, which will in total deliver a real terms increase of more than 5% in Departmental investment in local authority public health grants over the next two years.