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NHS Funding Act 2020

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NHS Funding Act 2020
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn Act to make provision regarding the funding of the health service in England in respect of each financial year until the financial year that ends with 31 March 2024.
Citation2020 c. 5
Introduced byMatt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care (Commons)
Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Life Science (Lords)
Territorial extent England & Wales
Dates
Royal assent16 March 2020
Commencement16 March 2020
Repealed31 March 2024
Other legislation
Relates toNational Health Service Act 2006
Health and Social Care Act 2012
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

The NHS Funding Act 2020 (c. 5) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that sets out the funding for NHS England from 2021 to 2024 that the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care must allot to the respective trusts.[1] This form part of the Government's NHS long-term plan and puts the Chancellor of the Exchequer under a "legal duty" to ensure this money, at a minimum, is spent on the NHS.[2]

Provisions

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Section 1 - Funding Settlement for the Health Service in England

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The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care must "allot an amount that is at least the amount specified" in the table below:

Financial Year Amount
Ending with 31 March 2021 £127,007,000,000
Ending with 31 March 2022 £133,283,000,000
Ending with 31 March 2023 £139,990,000,000
Ending with 31 March 2024 £148,467,000,000

Section 2

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This act extends to England and Wales. It comes into force on the day on which it is passed and expires at the end of 31 March 2024.

References

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  1. ^ "NHS Funding Act 2020". www.legislation.gov.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. ^ Department of Health and Social Care (2020). NHS Funding Bill: Explanatory Notes (PDF). p. 6.