Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 13 January 2015.
Jeremy Hunt
The Secretary of State for Health
11:30,
13 January 2015
No, we have not. The NHS funds were allocated on the basis of a formula and the extra money was given to the places that were most off-target on the basis of the number of older people, the level of social deprivation and a range of other important factors. All I would say to the hon. Gentleman is that we have increased the NHS budget in real terms in his area, whereas those on his own front bench wanted to cut it.
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