Public Health Grants: Local Authorities

Thursday 21st December 2017 Written Statements

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health (Steve Brine)]

Today I am publishing the public health allocations to local authorities in England for 2018-19 along with indicative allocations for 2019-20.

Through the public health grant and the pilot of 100% retained business rate funding for local authorities in Greater Manchester, we are investing £3.215 billion for public health in 2018-19. We will be investing over £16 billion for public health over the five years of the 2015 Spending Review until 2020, in addition to what the NHS spends on preventative interventions such as immunisation and screening.

The indicative allocation for 2019-20 will help local authorities to develop and extend their planning, including initiatives better delivered across more than one year. The grant in both 2018-19 and 2019-20 continue to be subject to conditions, including a ring-fence requiring local authorities to use the grant exclusively for public health activity.

Full details of the public health grants to local authorities can be found on gov.uk.

This information will be communicated to local authorities in a Local Authority Circular.

Public health allocations 2018-19,

Public health indicative allocations 2019-20.

The above allocations can be viewed online at:

http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2017-12-21/HCWS387/.

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