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Gareth Snell

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Speaker’s Statement
Tuesday 26th March 2019

(5 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Matt Hancock Portrait Matt Hancock
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Absolutely. My hon. Friend is right to stress the role of families in supporting the children of alcoholics. We made progress on that and were able to announce funding just last week. I pay tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Winchester (Steve Brine) for all his work—I enjoyed doing it with him—to do everything we can to support the children of alcoholics.

Gareth Snell Portrait Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central) (Lab/Co-op)
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T10. Stoke-on-Trent ranks 13th in the health deprivation index, yet our funding ranks only 46th. Will the Secretary of State explain that? At what point will funding follow need?

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The relative funding across the country for different areas is assessed independently, and by law NHS England makes that assessment. I am happy to write to the hon. Gentleman with the precise details of how those allocations are devised—I am sure that he has got them; they are widely available—and an explanation of the conclusion that NHS England independently reached.

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