Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the level of Government support for Brian House Children's Hospice.

No specific assessment has been made.

Integrated care boards are required to commission the appropriate palliative and end of life care services considered necessary to meet the reasonable needs of their local populations.

Additionally, NHS England is investing £25 million in the financial year 2023/2024 to provide care close to home for seriously ill children, as and when they need it. Additionally, £7 million in match funding is being made available to commissioners for local children’s palliative and end of life care services for the financial year 2023/2024.