Health written question – answered at on 23 May 2011.
Grahame Morris
Labour, Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Health
(1) how frequently he plans to assess the effect of inflation on the real-terms increase in his Department's budget;
(2) what estimate he has made of the future level of inflation at which any real-terms increase in his Department's budget would cease.
Simon Burns
The Minister of State, Department of Health
The Government are committed to real terms increases in health spending, as set out in “The Coalition: our programme for government”. The Government are meeting this commitment.
The Office of Budget Responsibility produces projections for measures of inflation at least twice a year.
Yes1 person thinks so
No0 people think not
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