Hospices: Finance Tim Loughton To ask the Secretary of State for Health what level of funding is being provided by the NHS to (a) adult hospices and (b) children's hospices in Sussex in 2007-08. Mr. Ivan Lewis This information is not collected centrally. Primary care trusts (PCTs) are responsible for commissioning and funding palliative care services locally. The level of funding a hospice receives is a matter for local negotiation between the PCT and the hospice. It is for PCTs to determine how to use the funding allocated to them and to commission services to meet the health care needs of their local population. However, under the Dignity in Care for Older People campaign, special one-off capital grants were awarded to a number of adult hospices to improve their physical environment. It is important to note that these were not revenue grants to support running costs. On 9 April 2007, six of these one-off capital grants were awarded to hospices in Sussex and are shown in the table. -------------------------------------------------------------- | |Amount (£)| -------------------------------------------------------------- |Martletts Hospice |345,425 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Barnabas Hospice (Worthing) |446,000 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Catherine's Specialist Palliative Care Centre|183,560 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Michael's Hospice (Hastings) |383,920 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Peter and St. James Hospice |278,950 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |St. Wilfrid's Hospice |424,600 | -------------------------------------------------------------- |Total for Sussex |2,062,455 | --------------------------------------------------------------