Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with Together for Short Lives on funding for Children's Hospices.

Together for Short Lives is a key partner in the delivery of high-quality palliative and end of life care for children and young people, having worked collaboratively with the Department and NHS England on a number of important pieces of work, including the development of the Service Specification for Children and Young People’s Palliative and End of Life Care. Together for Short Lives is also a valuable member of NHS England’s Children’s Hospice Grant Working Group, which was established to support administration of the Children’s Hospice Grant.