NHS Long-Term Plan: Implementation Debate
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Jeremy Lefroy
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(5 years, 4 months ago)
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Matt Hancock
The answer to that question is being worked on as part of the people plan, which Baroness Dido Harding is putting together. We published the interim plan last month. The full people plan will be available after we have settled, in the spending review, the budget of Health Education England. The hon. Gentleman raises an incredibly important point.
Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford) (Con)
I very much welcome the plan, with £33.9 billion being committed by 2022-23. My slight concern is where the money is going to come from. I wonder whether my right hon. Friend has had assurances from the Treasury that that will indeed be the case. With all the other pressures on spending and revenues in the coming years, that might be a little difficult. We have to find ways to ensure that the revenue is there because this money must be spent.
Matt Hancock
Yes, it will in all circumstances. This is a firm commitment, supported right across this House and right across our party, and it will be delivered. There is absolutely no question about that.