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NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes: Finance

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 19 November 2025.

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Photo of Blake Stephenson Blake Stephenson Conservative, Mid Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 73482 on Integrated Care Boards: Finance, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of the use of five-year population projections on the level of funding from his Department for the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB.

Photo of Karin Smyth Karin Smyth Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Allocations are determined through a complex, weighted capitation formula that incorporates multiple factors beyond population projections, including age, sex, need, and cost adjustments. Isolating the effect of a single component would not accurately reflect the complexities of the overall methodology.

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  • (Citation: HC Deb, 19 November 2025, cW)

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