Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent progress his Department has made on increasing the number of people who receive a Personal Health Budget.

The NHS Long Term Plan sets the expectation for 200,000 people to benefit from a personal health budget by 2023/24. The National Health Service is on track to meet that ambition.

144,682 people in England received a personal health budget by Quarter 3 2022/23. This is an increase of 32,864 people compared to Quarter 2, 2022/23. As such, more people of all ages have greater choice and flexibility over how their assessed health and wellbeing needs are met. Information on Personal Health Budgets is published online:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/personal-health-budgets/2022-23-q3/personal-health-budgets-q3-2022-23