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On 4th June 2015 the chancellor announced a £200m reduction in non-NHS Department of Health spending, which has been translated into an in-year reduction in the Local Authority Public Health grants. The 2015/16 in year cut for Doncaster has now been confirmed at £1.464m or 6.2% (Letter from DOH 4th November 2015). The current assumption for the budget shortfall for 16/17 is £2.5m. The Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) on 25th November 2015 also announced a further reduction in the size of the Public Health Grant.