Decision

Coronavirus (COVID-19): ministerial direction on spend

Letters authorising spend on urgent coronavirus (COVID-19) issues by the Department of Health and Social Care and its ALBs.

• From: Department of Health and Social Care and The Rt Hon Matt Hancock
• Published: 30 March 2020

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Documents

Direction from Secretary of State to Permanent Secretary and NHS England Chief Executive on coronavirus spend

PDF, 71.3 KB, 1 page

Request for direction on coronavirus spend from Permanent Secretary and NHS England Chief Executive to Secretary of State

PDF, 101 KB, 2 pages

Details

These letters authorise the Department of Health and Social Care and its ALBs to continue to authorise and spend money on urgent coronavirus issues, even if this would mean that spending is in excess of departmental expenditure limits authorised by Parliament through the estimates process.

Published 30 March 2020