Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the (1) annual budget, and (2) spend, for section 7A public health monies for the years (a) 2014–15, (b) 2015–16, and (c) 2016–17; and what is the budget and projected spend for 2017–18.

The National Health Service public health functions agreement sets out the arrangements under which responsibility for certain elements of the Secretary of State’s public health functions is delegated to NHS England. The agreement is made under section 7A of the National Health Service Act 2006.

Ring-fenced funding and expenditure pursuant to the agreement for the period requested are shown in the following table.

NHS public health functions agreement funding and expenditure

These figures do not include central procurement of adult and childhood vaccines which are administered within programmes under the NHS public health functions agreement as disaggregated figures are not available.

Notes:

¹Figures from 2015/16 are not comparable with previous years as a result of:

- the transfer of responsibility for commissioning 0-5 year old children’s services to local government from 1 October 2015; and

- inclusion in 2014/15 of £169 million of public health-related Quality Outcomes Framework payments, which are accounted for separately from 2015/16.

²Includes other expenditure reported by NHS England on section 7A services in addition to the ring-fenced sum.