Public health grants to local authorities: 2025 to 2026
The public health allocations and monetary conditions for local authorities to improve health in local populations.
Applies to England
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Local authorities (upper tier and unitary) are responsible for improving the health of their local population and reducing health inequalities.
In 2025 to 2026, the total public health grant to local authorities will be £3.858£3.869 billion.
The local authority circular:
- sets out the allocations and conditions for using the grant
- contains annexes A to C
It is accompanied by a year-end statement of assurance letter (annex D) and a spreadsheet containing the full allocations (annex E).
See also the written ministerial statement about the allocations for 2025 to 2026.
Updates to this page
Last updated
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Added a link to the written ministerial statement about the allocations for 2025 to 2026.
Update history
2025-04-04 12:08
Updated ‘Public health ring-fenced grant financial year 2025 to 2026: local authority circular’ and ‘Annex E: public health grant allocations: 2025 to 2026 and revised 2024 to 2025’. The updates reflect the increase in public health grant payments to local authorities for the provision of supervised toothbrushing programmes.
2025-02-11 09:21
Added a link to the written ministerial statement about the allocations for 2025 to 2026.
2025-02-07 09:00
First published.