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643918

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Local Government Association press release, entitled £2.6 billion could be needed to fix social care, published on 13 October 2016, what steps he is taking to reduce the funding gap in social care.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	54790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>Social care is a means tested service. The Care Act 2014 requires that local authorities must assess any adult who appears to have a care and support need. Where a person has needs which do not meet the national eligibility criteria, as set out in the Care Act, their local authority must provide the person with information and advice on what support is available in the community to meet those needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Autumn 2015 Spending Review announced that local authorities who are responsible for social care would have the ability to raise additional funding to spend exclusively on adult social care. If all local authorities use this to its maximum effect it could raise nearly £2 billion a year by 2019-20. 95% of local authorities have taken up the precept in 2016-17, raising £382 million extra for social care this year, in line with the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast. In addition from 2017 the Spending Review made available new funds for social care services, rising to £1.5 billion by 2019-20. This will be made available to local authorities directly and is to be included in an improved Better Care Fund.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 54787 question first answered 30/11/2016 14:48:39 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

641871

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the findings of the Local Government Association’s State of the Nation 2016 Report on Adult Social Care Funding.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL3439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2016 answer text <p>The government values the contribution the recent Local Government Association's report on adult social care adds to this active debate. In relation to the desire for greater guidance and clarity on integration, we have been developing our approach to supporting local systems to meet this ambition, in consultation with partners in the NHS and local government and the new Integration and Better Care Fund policy framework will be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 06/12/2016 15:18:18 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

638298

registered interest
date	17/11/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to give local authorities full financial autonomy for social care funding.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Mr Douglas Carswell
uin	53638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>The Department distributes funding to local government through the Local Government Finance Settlement. In addition local government raises its own finance through local taxes. Social care funding is not ring-fenced and local government already has autonomy to determine how best to manage its own finances to ensure it delivers the appropriate level of services for its residents.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 22/11/2016 11:50:09 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1527 label Biography information for Mr Douglas Carswell

634029

registered interest
date	11/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the funding gap in social care on the adequate provision of appropriate social care.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	52671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>Social care continues to be a key priority for the Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Spending Review as a whole looked at the pressures on local government over the Spending Review period and particular attention was paid to adult social care services. Spending Review decisions on social care services took into account a range of financial and economic factors, including independent academic modelling of future demand for services.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of the Spending Review announced in November 2015, the Government is giving local authorities access to up to £3.5 billion of new support for social care by 2019/20. This should mean local government has access to the funding to increase social care spending in real terms by the end of the Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>In addition the current Relative Needs Formula does take into account demographics and seeks to measure need for state-funded care, and thus takes into account population need, the proportion of the population who are below the income and wealth means test threshold and the level of informal care support available.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned a review of the formulae that we use for the Relative Needs Formula. This review is so that we can incorporate more recent and detailed data and statistical techniques. The researchers are currently writing up the research and this will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 52670 question first answered 21/11/2016 16:17:17 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

631758

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria are given to local authorities on the use of the better care fund.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	52252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>Local Authorities are required to develop Better Care Plans with Clinical Commissioning Group Partners. These are agreed by local Health and Wellbeing Boards and approved by NHS England. Plans must meet the national conditions set out in the Better Care Fund Policy Framework, published by Government; and take account of Planning Guidance issued jointly by NHS England and the Local Government Association.</p><p>The Policy Framework for 2016/17 can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/490559/BCF_Policy_Framework_2016-17.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/490559/BCF_Policy_Framework_2016-17.pdf</a></p><p>The Planning Guidance can be found at: <a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/annex4-bcf-planning-requirements-1617.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/annex4-bcf-planning-requirements-1617.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 14/11/2016 15:35:43 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

631773

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department takes to monitor use of the better care fund by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Bassetlaw
tabling member printed	John Mann
uin	52351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities are required to develop Better Care Plans with Clinical Commissioning Group Partners. These are agreed by local Health and Wellbeing Boards and approved by NHS England. Plans must meet the national conditions set out in the Better Care Fund Policy Framework, published by Government; and take account of Planning Guidance issued jointly by NHS England and the Local Government Association. The Better Care Plan sets out how the Better Care Fund, the locally agreed single pooled budget, will be spent. Governance of the Better Care Fund; assurance of Better Care Plans and adherence to the national conditions, is provided through the NHS and government departments (Department of Health and the Department for Communities and Local Government).</p><p>The Policy Framework for 2016/17 can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/490559/BCF_Policy_Framework_2016-17.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/490559/BCF_Policy_Framework_2016-17.pdf</a></p><p>The Planning Guidance can be found at: <a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/annex4-bcf-planning-requirements-1617.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/annex4-bcf-planning-requirements-1617.pdf</a></p><p>The assurance guidance can be found at: <a href="http://www.local.gov.uk/documents/10180/12193/BCF+Guidance/4d976fb7-8a66-482b-b427-06e15b0c0d01" target="_blank">http://www.local.gov.uk/documents/10180/12193/BCF+Guidance/4d976fb7-8a66-482b-b427-06e15b0c0d01</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 15/11/2016 17:37:04 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1387 label Biography information for Lord Mann

631877

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the aggregated total budgeted by local authorities in England for adult social care was in 2015-16; what the aggregated actual amount spent on adult social care was in that year; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	52458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government continues to view adult social care as a key priority, and is giving local authorities access to up to £3.5 billion additional funding for adult social care by 2019/20.</p><p> </p><p>Data published by the Department for Communities and Local Government on 15 July 2015 shows that in 2015-16, local authorities budgeted to spend £14.081 billion on adult social care[1]. Provisional outturn data published by the Department for Communities and Local Government on 25 August 2016 shows local authorities spent £14.394 billion on adult social care in 2015-16[2]. This data is provisional, and we expect final data on local authority spend to be published on 17 November.</p><p> </p><p>[1] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2015-to-2016-budget" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2015-to-2016-budget</a></p><p>[2] <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2015-to-2016-provisional-outturn" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2015-to-2016-provisional-outturn</a></p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 14/11/2016 15:57:20 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

626830

registered interest
date	01/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government (1) what are the present costs to the NHS of adult social care, and (2) how much additional funding they estimate is required to ensure the adequate provision of social care, particularly for the elderly.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL2908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government recognises that adult social care and National Health Service costs are closely related, and that savings can be achieved through better integration. For this reason we introduced the Government’s £5.3 billion Better Care Fund. This has provided much needed investment in better integrated care through locally developed plans, and by putting resources where the local NHS and social services think they are needed.</p><p> </p><p>Calculating the exact relationship between health and social care expenditure is complex and the subject of further work.</p><p> </p><p>The Autumn 2015 Spending Review settlement announced that local authorities who are responsible for social care would have the ability to raise additional funding to spend exclusively on adult social care through an annual council tax raise of up to two per cent above the existing threshold. The Government will be making further funding available to councils for adult social care through an improved Better Care Fund, rising to £1.5 billion by 2019-20. Taken together, this means local government has access to funding to increase social care spending in real terms by the end of the Parliament.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 14/11/2016 11:32:25 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

606798

registered interest
date	20/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2016 to Question 46555, if he will provide local authorities with an increased level of ring-fenced funding for social care in excess of that provided by the Better Care Fund.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	49727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>Social care continues to be a key priority for the Government. This is why against the context of tough public sector finances the Government has taken steps to protect social care services. However, it is for local authorities to decide how to prioritise their spending based on local priorities and need.</p><p> </p><p>The Autumn 2015 Spending Review settlement announced that local authorities who are responsible for social care would have the ability to raise additional funding to spend exclusively on adult social care through an annual council tax raise of up to 2% above the existing threshold. This new funding for adult social care will be pooled with additional funding from the Better Care Fund. The Government will be making further funding available to councils for adult social care through an improved Better Care Fund, rising to £1.5 billion by 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 25/10/2016 08:08:52 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

605940

registered interest
date	19/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it remains Government policy to introduce a two per cent social care precept on council tax and additional funding for the Better Care Fund in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	49357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>Yes. Local authorities who are responsible for social care will still have the flexibility in 2017-18 to raise council tax in their area by up to 2% above the existing threshold. This new funding for adult social care will be pooled with additional funding from the Better Care Fund.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 24/10/2016 10:21:56 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle