[Withdrawn] Annex 2: local stop smoking services: methodology for allocating indicative funding to local authorities
Published 4 October 2023
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Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care by Command of His Majesty.
October 2023
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Local stop smoking services: methodology for allocating indicative funding to local authorities
The government is investing an additional £70 million per year to support local authority-led stop smoking services (SSS). This will more than double current spending from £68 million per year (to a total of £138 million) and support around 360,000 people to quit smoking.
Methodology
In allocating funding for stop smoking services, we have based the proposed funding uplift for each area on the number of smokers in each local authority. Therefore, this additional funding will target local authorities with the highest smoking rates. We have divided the additional funding (£70 million) by the total number of smokers (5.6 million). This gives an approximate funding rate per smoker (£12.39). This funding rate per smoker is then multiplied by the estimated number of smokers in each local authority to give a total indicative allocation to each local authority.
Please note that the estimated total number of smokers obtained through this method is higher compared to the estimates provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The difference arises from the fact that ONS considers the estimates at a different geographical granularity. The analysis in this paper has been restricted to local authorities when considering the area population estimates to provide indicative figures.
Grant funding criteria
The funding will be delivered through a new Section 31 grant, totalling £70 million per year over the financial years of 2024 to 2025 to 2028 to 2029. This funding will be ringfenced for the purposes of local authority-led stop smoking services.
Local authorities will be required to meet certain criteria to be eligible for the additional funding. The figures listed in the table below are therefore indicative of the maximum amount of funding each area will be able to receive from the grant by meeting all the eligible criteria.
To receive the funding local authorities must maintain their existing spend on stop smoking services, as of SSS data provided for Quarter 2 in 2022 to 2023 throughout the whole grant period. They must also maintain compliance with the reporting requirements for expenditure related to the stop smoking service by submitting quarterly reports to NHS Digital. Detailed funding criteria and precise funding allocations will be communicated to local authorities through the formal grant agreement process.
For the small number of local authorities that did not provide data in 2022 to 2023, these areas will be required to provide a stop smoking service and meet the grant funding criteria to claim the new Section 31 grant.
There will be some flexibility for the funding to support wider tobacco and youth vaping control efforts, such as local awareness raising campaigns, to provide more flexibility at the local level. However, the majority of the funding should be focused on stop smoking cessation.
Table 1: smoking prevalence and indicative new funding allocations by local authority
Note these allocations are indicative. Exact funding allocations will be communicated to local authorities through the formal grant agreement process.
| Local authority | Smoking prevalence (2022) | Estimated number of smokers | Current annual spend (£) | Total new indicative additional annual allocation (£) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barking and Dagenham | 13.7% | 21,188 | 204,700 | 262,475 |
| Barnet | 8.4% | 25,222 | 279,535 | 312,456 |
| Barnsley | 15.8% | 30,799 | : | 381,540 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 11.5% | 18,060 | 302,322 | 223,729 |
| Bedford | 11.8% | 17,026 | 211,140 | 210,915 |
| Bexley | 13.5% | 25,562 | 247,067 | 316,657 |
| Birmingham | 13.6% | 116,700 | : | 1,445,682 |
| Blackburn with Darwen | 19.4% | 22,298 | 130,849 | 276,222 |
| Blackpool | 18.8% | 21,264 | 905,676 | 263,414 |
| Bolton | 14.2% | 31,911 | : | 395,308 |
| Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 10.1% | 32,969 | : | 408,420 |
| Bracknell Forest | 14.6% | 14,221 | 120,000 | 176,164 |
| Bradford | 15.6% | 63,595 | 430,856 | 787,811 |
| Brent | 13.8% | 36,816 | 9,808 | 456,075 |
| Brighton and Hove | 12.8% | 29,242 | 308,935 | 362,245 |
| Bristol | 14.8% | 56,158 | : | 695,681 |
| Bromley | 6.5% | 16,722 | : | 207,154 |
| Buckinghamshire UA | 10.6% | 45,646 | 442,988 | 565,463 |
| Bury | 11.7% | 17,571 | : | 217,675 |
| Calderdale | 11.5% | 18,619 | : | 230,656 |
| Cambridgeshire | 11.3% | 61,875 | 755,905 | 766,512 |
| Camden | 9.1% | 15,903 | 539,288 | 197,005 |
| Central Bedfordshire | 15.0% | 34,682 | 304,009 | 429,641 |
| Cheshire East | 9.4% | 30,200 | : | 374,112 |
| Cheshire West and Chester | 8.9% | 25,710 | : | 318,496 |
| City of London [note 1] | 12.7% | 1,011 | 90,543 | 12,522 |
| Cornwall | 10.3% | 48,173 | 322,219 | 596,770 |
| County Durham | 15.4% | 64,985 | 2,409,060 | 805,030 |
| Coventry | 18.4% | 49,105 | 420,252 | 608,316 |
| Croydon | 13.5% | 40,668 | : | 503,798 |
| Cumbria [note 2] | 13.1% | 53,645 | : | 664,556 |
| Darlington | 11.5% | 9,896 | 100,008 | 122,593 |
| Derby | 19.3% | 39,076 | 79,000 | 484,077 |
| Derbyshire | 14.0% | 90,084 | 1,392,180 | 1,115,961 |
| Devon | 13.9% | 92,966 | 1,125,210 | 1,151,667 |
| Doncaster | 12.4% | 30,222 | : | 374,386 |
| Dorset | 9.1% | 28,821 | : | 357,037 |
| Dudley | 12.3% | 31,320 | 381,768 | 387,988 |
| Ealing | 15.9% | 45,570 | : | 564,515 |
| East Riding of Yorkshire | 10.2% | 28,849 | : | 357,382 |
| East Sussex | 11.5% | 51,120 | 825,372 | 633,274 |
| Enfield | 13.5% | 33,436 | 2,265 | 414,207 |
| Essex | 13.2% | 157,946 | 1,454,178 | 1,956,638 |
| Gateshead | 11.1% | 17,461 | 429,818 | 216,301 |
| Gloucestershire | 11.5% | 59,911 | 248,920 | 742,179 |
| Greenwich | 13.5% | 30,121 | 377,442 | 373,133 |
| Hackney | 14.3% | 29,116 | 836,684 | 360,685 |
| Halton | 13.3% | 13,423 | 288,454 | 166,280 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 8.4% | 12,792 | 189,000 | 158,463 |
| Hampshire | 10.5% | 118,064 | 1,976,799 | 1,462,577 |
| Haringey | 15.9% | 33,432 | 146,968 | 414,158 |
| Harrow | 7.6% | 15,522 | 66,297 | 192,292 |
| Hartlepool | 14.3% | 10,400 | : | 128,833 |
| Havering | 15.9% | 32,332 | 36,040 | 400,531 |
| Herefordshire | 12.2% | 18,804 | 51,909 | 232,941 |
| Hertfordshire | 11.6% | 108,014 | 800,993 | 1,338,081 |
| Hillingdon | 8.1% | 18,913 | 105,612 | 234,290 |
| Hounslow | 16.3% | 36,208 | : | 448,547 |
| Isle of Wight | 9.5% | 11,156 | 192,948 | 138,203 |
| Isles of Scilly [note 1] | 12.7% | 244 | 2,572 | 3,023 |
| Islington | 7.9% | 14,159 | 604,797 | 175,399 |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 11.3% | 13,721 | 375,124 | 169,973 |
| Kent | 11.6% | 143,883 | 1,673,958 | 1,782,421 |
| Kingston upon Hull | 18.9% | 39,236 | 481,177 | 486,060 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 6.2% | 8,181 | 121,000 | 101,349 |
| Kirklees | 13.4% | 45,048 | 108,849 | 558,049 |
| Knowsley | 14.8% | 17,877 | 636,540 | 221,456 |
| Lambeth | 13.4% | 35,286 | 468,077 | 437,121 |
| Lancashire | 13.4% | 131,904 | 2,038,720 | 1,634,030 |
| Leeds | 12.4% | 79,133 | 409,096 | 980,296 |
| Leicester | 13.1% | 36,543 | 450,000 | 452,689 |
| Leicestershire | 9.4% | 53,526 | 580,865 | 663,074 |
| Lewisham | 15.3% | 36,040 | 568,000 | 446,469 |
| Lincolnshire | 16.0% | 100,168 | 1,430,452 | 1,240,877 |
| Liverpool | 17.3% | 67,752 | 857,420 | 839,308 |
| Luton | 21.1% | 34,999 | 316,724 | 433,573 |
| Manchester | 17.3% | 73,419 | 719,097 | 909,515 |
| Medway | 8.9% | 19,244 | 485,267 | 238,395 |
| Merton | 14.9% | 25,142 | 82,719 | 311,457 |
| Middlesbrough | 16.5% | 18,230 | 237,641 | 225,833 |
| Milton Keynes | 13.8% | 30,150 | 364,161 | 373,499 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 12.1% | 29,169 | 646,446 | 361,341 |
| Newham | 10.7% | 28,657 | 270,829 | 355,005 |
| Norfolk | 13.2% | 99,321 | 1,023,848 | 1,230,392 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 21.8% | 27,074 | 291,305 | 335,389 |
| North Lincolnshire | 15.4% | 20,919 | 189,260 | 259,139 |
| North Northamptonshire | 14.6% | 40,927 | 290,593 | 507,002 |
| North Somerset | 10.4% | 18,150 | 306,638 | 224,839 |
| North Tyneside | 11.2% | 18,791 | 50,854 | 232,788 |
| North Yorkshire | 9.6% | 48,653 | 611,406 | 602,708 |
| Northumberland | 9.6% | 25,338 | 525,806 | 313,881 |
| Nottingham | 21.2% | 53,878 | 77,500 | 667,435 |
| Nottinghamshire | 12.6% | 83,788 | 235,696 | 1,037,967 |
| Oldham | 10.9% | 19,689 | 339,500 | 243,905 |
| Oxfordshire | 11.2% | 64,944 | 375,000 | 804,530 |
| Peterborough | 12.2% | 19,783 | 194,652 | 245,078 |
| Plymouth | 14.7% | 31,329 | 646,845 | 388,103 |
| Portsmouth | 14.7% | 24,262 | 481,475 | 300,559 |
| Reading | 14.4% | 19,762 | 85,000 | 244,812 |
| Redbridge | 11.4% | 26,614 | 235,227 | 329,690 |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 13.7% | 14,943 | 207,358 | 185,119 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 6.4% | 9,729 | 54,600 | 120,521 |
| Rochdale | 15.3% | 25,899 | 393,090 | 320,832 |
| Rotherham | 14.0% | 29,482 | 397,193 | 365,218 |
| Rutland | 9.5% | 3,161 | 29,980 | 39,153 |
| Salford | 15.1% | 31,980 | 536,857 | 396,165 |
| Sandwell | 21.0% | 53,823 | 430,769 | 666,760 |
| Sefton | 7.9% | 17,988 | 243,220 | 222,833 |
| Sheffield | 12.0% | 53,161 | : | 658,562 |
| Shropshire | 10.0% | 26,657 | : | 330,230 |
| Slough | 15.2% | 17,449 | 229,133 | 216,164 |
| Solihull | 10.6% | 17,933 | 290,313 | 222,149 |
| Somerset | 12.6% | 58,316 | 553,383 | 722,421 |
| South Gloucestershire | 12.2% | 28,141 | 169,770 | 348,606 |
| South Tyneside | 15.2% | 17,983 | 347,598 | 222,775 |
| Southampton | 13.2% | 26,039 | 715,283 | 322,565 |
| Southend-on-Sea | 14.0% | 20,010 | 65,234 | 247,888 |
| Southwark | 11.6% | 28,889 | 127,500 | 357,871 |
| St Helens | 11.9% | 17,509 | 385,468 | 216,902 |
| Staffordshire | 9.3% | 65,760 | 366,296 | 814,634 |
| Stockport | 11.8% | 27,479 | 455,145 | 340,408 |
| Stockton-on-Tees | 13.2% | 20,354 | 342,520 | 252,145 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 16.3% | 32,486 | 238,777 | 402,430 |
| Suffolk | 14.0% | 86,144 | 1,172,921 | 1,067,152 |
| Sunderland | 13.2% | 29,146 | 634,623 | 361,056 |
| Surrey | 11.9% | 112,521 | 621,447 | 1,393,903 |
| Sutton | 6.9% | 11,035 | 29,675 | 136,707 |
| Swindon | 9.5% | 17,378 | 207,000 | 215,277 |
| Tameside | 20.2% | 36,366 | : | 450,498 |
| Telford and Wrekin | 16.7% | 24,114 | 206,723 | 298,729 |
| Thurrock | 16.7% | 21,990 | 56,045 | 272,414 |
| Torbay | 18.4% | 21,006 | 259,087 | 260,221 |
| Tower Hamlets | 11.7% | 28,943 | 439,189 | 358,547 |
| Trafford | 8.0% | 14,417 | : | 178,592 |
| Wakefield | 12.5% | 35,092 | : | 434,718 |
| Walsall | 13.8% | 29,749 | : | 368,536 |
| Waltham Forest | 11.8% | 25,521 | 282,521 | 316,155 |
| Wandsworth | 7.8% | 21,039 | 110,455 | 260,627 |
| Warrington | 9.9% | 16,734 | 375,763 | 207,299 |
| Warwickshire | 13.9% | 66,496 | 52,286 | 823,749 |
| West Berkshire | 11.3% | 14,389 | 85,000 | 178,251 |
| West Northamptonshire | 12.0% | 40,126 | 307,335 | 497,078 |
| West Sussex | 12.5% | 88,804 | 85,143 | 1,100,106 |
| Westminster | 12.3% | 21,547 | 669,865 | 266,922 |
| Wigan | 14.7% | 38,463 | 390,003 | 476,478 |
| Wiltshire | 10.2% | 41,759 | 74,000 | 517,308 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 8.6% | 10,355 | 76,459 | 128,272 |
| Wirral | 10.8% | 27,534 | 679,000 | 341,097 |
| Wokingham | 4.6% | 6,287 | 85,000 | 77,881 |
| Wolverhampton | 15.1% | 30,539 | : | 378,318 |
| Worcestershire | 11.5% | 55,958 | 204,122 | 693,202 |
| York | 8.7% | 14,563 | : | 180,411 |
Note 1: As we do not have smoking prevalence figures for the City of London and Isles of Scilly, we have assumed that prevalence in these two local authorities is the same as the average for England (12.7%).
Note 2: Cumbria has recently been divided into two separate local authorities for the year 2023 to 2024: Cumberland and Westmorland, and Furness. The allocation shares for funding will be determined at a later date through discussions with both of these new local authorities as part of the formal grant agreement process. Currently, we do not possess expenditure or prevalence data specific to the newly established local authorities.