§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy that children's hospices receive the same level of public funding as adult hospices. [2247]
§ Yvette CooperChildren's hospices have an important role in supporting children with life threatening illness and their families. Provision has been made for them to receive funding from the National Health Service. The level of funding for individual hospices, which provide for the needs of either children or adults, is a matter for local discussion and agreement, based on local health needs assessment.