Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will consider using the seven new offices of pan integrated care board commissioning to commission specialist paediatric palliative care, as defined in NHS England's children's palliative care service specification.

The Government is developing a Palliative Care and End of Life Care Modern Service Framework for England. I refer the Hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement HCWS1087, which I gave to the House on 24 November 2025.

We are also providing £80 million for children’s and young people’s hospices over the next three financial years, giving them stability to plan ahead and focus on what matters most, caring for their patients.