Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the social enterprise Livewell South West will receive additional resource from the planned increase in funding for Agenda for Change.

The Department, consistent with the Written Ministerial Statement (HCW5803) published on 27 June, has now published guidance on its website about the eligibility criteria for additional funding in 2018/19. Organisations are asked to respond directly to the Department and we understand that Livewell South West has applied for funding.

It would be wrong to pre-empt the outcome of individual applications. The Department has committed to consider all requests it receives and to confirm its decision as quickly as possible.