Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding has been allocated to the NHS under the Better Care Fund in each integrated care board area; and where monitoring of that spending is publicly reported.

For 2025/26, approximately £9 billion is committed to the Better Care Fund (BCF). This includes approximately £3.3 billion provided to local authorities through the local authority BCF Grant, as well as the £5.6 billion NHS Minimum Contribution.

2025/26 allocations for the NHS Minimum Contribution by integrated care board and upper tier local authority are available on the NHS England website, at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/better-care-fund-minimum-nhs-contributions-from-integrated-care-boards/.

Data from the monitoring of BCF spending is also available on the NHS England website, at the following link:

https://www.england.nhs.uk/ourwork/part-rel/transformation-fund/better-care-fund/better-care-fund-reporting-and-insight/

The planned expenditure data for 2025/26 will be published on the same website in due course.