Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on civil contingencies preparedness in each year since 2010.

As the Department’s preparedness strategy is multi-faceted and involves many organisations and departments, including the National Health Service, it is not possible to identify a single source of expenditure that accurately represents our civil contingencies preparedness. Since 2016-17, NHS England’s funding has increased every year in real terms. NHS England’s mandate is £129.7 billion this year, reaching £137.5 billion in 2023-24.