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<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>
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