AQW 26876/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health how the allocation of the National Health and Social Care Levy will be distributed in Northern Ireland.
Asked by Stewart Dickson MLA on 6 December 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 6 December 2021
- Answer due by
- 21 December 2021
- Answered
- 15 December 20219 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
Answer
The allocation related to the National Health and Social Care Levy will be included within my Departments total budget 2022-25 allocation from the Department of Finance, once this has been agreed by the Executive. The allocation will be used to fund Health and Social Care’s inescapable commitments and prioritised pressures.
While the funding raised by the levy is very welcome, due to the lack of recurrent investment that Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland has received over the last number of years the budget will be needed to simply fund existing services.