Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to Scope and the Disabled Children’s Partnership’s report 'The gap widens', published in October 2021, which found that there is a £1.5 billion funding gap in disabled children’s NHS spending, what fiscal steps his Department is taking to ensure that the NHS has adequate resources to provide disabled children and young people with the health care services they need.

On 6 September 2021 the Government announced an additional £5.4 billion for the National Health Service to support the COVID-19 response over the next six months, bringing the total Government support for health services to over £34 billion in 2021/22. This includes £2 billion to reduce waiting times for patients, including disabled children. The forthcoming Spending Review will set out the Government’s spending plans for health and social care for future years.