Norman Lamb – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Norman Lamb on 2015-12-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of changes to public health funding on mental health and wellbeing.

Jane Ellison

Decisions on local public health spending are a matter for local authorities. The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s autumn statement confirmed that the local authority public health grant will remain in place, and will remain ring-fenced for use exclusively on public health interventions, during the financial years 2016/17 and 2017/18. Public Health England will continue to monitor and publish data on a wide range of indicators of outcomes from public health services, including a number relating to mental health and wellbeing.