Policy background The role of the Department of Health and Social Care in NHS funding
NHS England (NHSE) receives its funding from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). Under section 13A of the National Health Service Act 2006 (the "2006 Act"), the Secretary of State must publish and lay before Parliament a "Mandate" before the start of each financial year.
	Under section 223D of the 2006 Act, the Secretary of State must set limits on the total capital and revenue resource use of NHSE (which includes capital and revenue resource for use of Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs)) for each financial year. These limits must be specified in the mandate. NHSE is under a duty to ensure that its and CCGs’ revenue and capital resource use does not exceed these limits (section 223D(2) and (3) of the 2006 Act). The Secretary of State may also specify such limits for subsequent financial years (section 13A(4) of the 2006 Act).