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821534

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Health Secretary on the effect of changes in public health grants on council budgets.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	122452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>My Department and the Department of Health and Social Care are in regular contact about public health policy and funding, including in relation to Public Health Grant.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 22/01/2018 17:05:55 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

821537

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what meetings (a) Ministers in his Department and (b) officials in his Department have had with Public Health England on the public health grant in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	122455
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>Officials from my Department attend a monthly meeting hosted by both Public Health England (PHE) and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) which specifically focuses on matters relating to the Public Health Grant. In addition to such meetings, officials from my Department have frequent ad-hoc dialogue on the Public Health Grant with their counterparts from PHE and DHSC.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 25/01/2018 16:36:40 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

967764

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria his Department plans to use to calculate public health funding in relation to the roll-out of Business Rates Retention in 2020-21.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	170385
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is conducting a review of the relative needs and resources of local authorities in England, with a view to setting fresh baseline funding levels in 2020-21. We are working closely with local government representatives and others to consider the drivers of local authorities’ costs, the local resources available to them to fund local services, and how we should account for these in a way that draws a more transparent and understandable link between local circumstances and resource allocations.</p><p>Alongside the provisional local government finance settlement in December 2017, the Government announced its intention to work towards implementing the next phase of business rates retention reforms in 2020-21. This announcement coincided with the publication of a consultation, which set out our proposed approach to the review.</p><p>Whilst the work of the review has focussed initially on the services that are currently funded through the local government finance settlement, we will consider any additional responsibilities that are devolved to local government as a result of business rates retention on a case-by-case basis. We aim to publish a further consultation later this year.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 170384 question first answered 11/09/2018 15:03:54 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

967763

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason public health provision was excluded from Fair Funding Review, published by his Department on 19 December 2017.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	170384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is conducting a review of the relative needs and resources of local authorities in England, with a view to setting fresh baseline funding levels in 2020-21. We are working closely with local government representatives and others to consider the drivers of local authorities’ costs, the local resources available to them to fund local services, and how we should account for these in a way that draws a more transparent and understandable link between local circumstances and resource allocations.</p><p>Alongside the provisional local government finance settlement in December 2017, the Government announced its intention to work towards implementing the next phase of business rates retention reforms in 2020-21. This announcement coincided with the publication of a consultation, which set out our proposed approach to the review.</p><p>Whilst the work of the review has focussed initially on the services that are currently funded through the local government finance settlement, we will consider any additional responsibilities that are devolved to local government as a result of business rates retention on a case-by-case basis. We aim to publish a further consultation later this year.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 170385 question first answered 11/09/2018 15:03:54 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

431728

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the new proposed public health funding formula will be linked to an assessment of deprivation and greatest need in order to determine the allocation that different local authority areas receive; and what steps his Department is taking otherwise to ensure that areas of greatest need are not disproportionately affected by overall reductions in public health allocations.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	17383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2015 answer text <p>On 8 October 2015, the Department <em>published Public health grant: proposed target allocation formula for 2016/17, an engagement of behalf of the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation (ACRA)</em>, a technical consultation to inform ACRA’s recommendations to Ministers on target shares of the local authority public health grant.</p><br /><p>ACRA is currently considering the responses before providing its final advice to ministers. Actual allocations for 2016-17 will be determined separately and will be announced in due course.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 17382 question first answered 26/11/2015 16:21:42 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

391834

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to hold a public consultation on its proposed reduction in the funding allocation to public health for 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Joan Ryan
	uin	8259
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>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.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 8263 8349 question first answered 11/09/2015 12:18:24 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	166 label Biography information for Joan Ryan

731201

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to extend the period of the ring fence on the public health grant until plans to fund local authorities through 100 per cent business rates retention are implemented after 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
	tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
	uin	551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>Since the announcement in 2015 of the intention to allow local authorities (LAs) to retain 100% of their income from business rates, officials at the Department of Health have held regular discussions on the implications for LA public health funding and services with their counterparts in the Department for Communities and Local Government and with representative bodies. We expect these discussions to continue and have already confirmed that the ring-fenced public health grant for LAs will stay in place for the remainder of 2017/18 and for 2018/19. Any proposed changes to the regulations prescribing particular services or steps will be subject to public consultation.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine grouped question UIN 266 267 268 question first answered 27/06/2017 10:34:35 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
	tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

424329

	registered interest
	date	27/10/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the local government public health grant will be in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18, (c) 2018-19 and (d) 2019-20; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	13677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2015 answer text <p>No decisions have yet been made on the public health grant for future years. This is being considered as part of the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 30/10/2015 12:04:31 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

349997

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the annual budget for (a) Public Health England and (b) public health for all local authorities is for 2015-16.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	2276
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Public Health England has a net operating budget of £315.2 million for 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The original local authority public health allocations were on 14 December 2014 and are available at the following address:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388172/final_PH_grant_determination_and_conditions_2015_16.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388172/final_PH_grant_determination_and_conditions_2015_16.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will shortly be publishing a consultation on how best to implement the £200 million savings to local authority public health budgets, and revised allocations will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 16/06/2015 16:25:23 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

389863

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Public Health: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the Government's proposed £200 million reduction in the local government public health grant will apply to public health funding in each local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Finchley and Golders Green
	tabling member printed	Mike Freer
	uin	7132
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>We will shortly publish a consultation on how best to implement these savings in ways that minimise any impact on services.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Spending decisions on particular services, such as sexual health services, will remain for local authorities to make in the light of their local priorities. They are best placed to assess local needs and prioritise the deployment of their available resources accordingly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 7131 question first answered 22/07/2015 14:49:06 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
	tabling member	4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer