Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what financial contributions the Government has made to the Lincolnshire Integrated Voluntary Emergency Service (a) in total for each of the last five years that figures are available and (b) for the provision of drugs.

The Government has not made any direct financial contributions to the Lincolnshire Integrated Voluntary Emergency Service (LIVES).

NHS England advises that Lincolnshire West Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is the lead National Health Service commissioner for LIVES. It commissions services through a block contract on a capitation basis and does not collect information about LIVES’ spending on the provision of drugs. The following table shows the amount the CCG spent on LIVES in the last three years.

Source: Lincolnshire West CCG

Notes: CCGs were established in April 2013, replacing primary care trusts (PCTs). Information is not available about PCT spending on LIVES before April 2013.