Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the reduction in funding allocation for public health in 2015-16 on public health in (a) the London region and (b) England.
We are committed to implementing these savings in a way which will minimise any impact on services. We consulted from 31 July to 28 August on the best way of delivering the required savings and are currently considering responses. The consultation included a question on seeking more information about the effects of these savings.