Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the estimate in the report by Sue Ryder Modelling demand and costs for palliative care services in England, published on 1 February, that the cost of providing palliative care services may reach £947m per year by 2031.
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.