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The Health and Social Care Levy (Repeal) Act 2022 removes the Health and Social Care Levy, a dedicated charge meant to fund health and social care. The repeal ends that funding mechanism, with Parliament approving the change in October 2022 and the law now in force. The policy debates centred on what should replace the levy and how health and social care funding should be sustained in its absence.
Key Points
Repeals the Health and Social Care Levy, eliminating the extra funding tied to health and social care expenses.
It does not include a new, explicit replacement funding plan within the Act itself, leaving questions about how future health and social care funding will be provided.
Labour proposed two amendments during Committee stage: (a) the Treasury would publish an assessment of the government’s commitment to replacing the funds lost from the levy, and (b) an alternative funding route via higher tax revenue from dividends and capital gains. Both proposals were not adopted—one was defeated on division, the other was not called for debate.
This repeal received cross-party support to pass the bill, but the amendments seeking additional funding plans were not carried.
Royal Assent was granted on 25 October 2022, making the repeal law.
Progress
The bill completed all parliamentary stages and became law (Royal Assent on 25 October 2022).
Voting
The repeal was supported through Parliament, with government-backed voting patterns, while the Labour amendments to require Treasury reporting on replacement funding or alternative funding were defeated or not debated.
Who is affected?
NHS and public health servicesSocial care services and providersTaxpayers and households funding health and social careInvestors and savers (dividends and capital gains taxpayers) who might be affected by funding decisions for health and social careHealth and social care workers and service users
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Bill Stages
1st readingCommons
22 Sept 2022
Allocation of time motionCommons
11 Oct 2022
2nd readingCommons
11 Oct 2022
Committee stageCommons
11 Oct 2022
3rd readingCommons
11 Oct 2022
Money resolutionCommons
11 Oct 2022
1st readingLords
12 Oct 2022
2nd readingLords
17 Oct 2022
Committee negativedLords
17 Oct 2022
3rd readingLords
17 Oct 2022
Royal AssentUnassigned
25 Oct 2022
Royal Assent
Amendments (2)
1 not called1 defeated
Showing agreed, defeated, and withdrawn amendments.
