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1171215

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 how much was spent at constant prices on (1) adult, and (2) children's social care, in each financial year from 2009/10 to 2018/19; and what is the estimated expenditure for the 2019/20 financial year.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>Local authority expenditure on children’s social care between 2014/15 and 2018/19 in constant prices is published in table 1b here <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Flocal-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2018-to-2019-final-outturn&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJames.Blythe%40communities.gov.uk%7Ccecdd7bfb04e44187fe208d79f325cb3%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637152911519027702&amp;sdata=fKe0cTMFZnuueOwXHteyGJTgOPk5FhJev3Am7wkfDso%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2018-to-2019-final-outturn</a>. Due to significant changes to local authorities’ responsibilities in 2014 it is not possible to compare expenditure before and after this date. Expenditure for the years 2009/10 to 2013/14 is published (attached) here <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Flocal-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing%232013-to-2014&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJames.Blythe%40communities.gov.uk%7Ccecdd7bfb04e44187fe208d79f325cb3%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637152911519027702&amp;sdata=6dGhIauQ0TinwJPQRKqY0PSB6Ek1CqZ3U2Ef8bl4V4k%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing#2013-to-2014</a></p><p>Expenditure for adult social care between 2010/11 and 2018/19 is published here <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdigital.nhs.uk%2Fdata-and-information%2Fpublications%2Fstatistical%2Fadult-social-care-activity-and-finance-report%2F2018-19%2Fappendix-b-final&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJames.Blythe%40communities.gov.uk%7Ccecdd7bfb04e44187fe208d79f325cb3%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637152911519037698&amp;sdata=OI7lx6znv%2BFWhwwdXytxoYIZxb1ORLPiMvK4F%2Bb6JGY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/adult-social-care-activity-and-finance-report/2018-19/appendix-b-final</a>. This data includes Better Care Fund income from the NHS and other historic transfers, as detailed in the report. The same information is presented in constant prices in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Real terms expenditure (18-19 prices)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£18.39bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£18.50bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£17.58bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£17.01bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£16.86bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£16.63bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£17.15bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£17.39bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>£17.49bn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>£17.92bn</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Local authorities’ budgeted expenditure for both adults and children’s social care in 2019/20 is published (attached) here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F812505%2FLocal_Authority_Revenue_Expenditure_and_Financing_2019-20_Budget__England.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CJames.Blythe%40communities.gov.uk%7Ccecdd7bfb04e44187fe208d79f325cb3%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637152911519037698&amp;sdata=E%2BHP3mnFDKhpDarOFiJl2ylBEqws%2BFwWd1rmmzrZ9Xw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/812505/Local_Authority_Revenue_Expenditure_and_Financing_2019-20_Budget__England.pdf</a> This data excludes Better Care Fund income and so is not comparable to the data above.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie attachment 1 file name 200129 Local authority revenue expenditure and financing England 2018 to 2019 final outturn.pdf title 2018 -219 final outturn 2 file name 200129 RO Final Outturn 2013-14 Statistical Release - HL486.pdf title Local authority revenue expenditure and financing 3 file name 200129 Local_Authority_Revenue_Expenditure_and_Financing_2019-20_Budget__England - HL486.pdf title adult and children's social care 2019/20 question first answered 29/01/2020 16:28:38 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1171216

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 is their planned increase in expenditure in the 2020/21 financial year, at 2019/20 prices, on (1) adult, and (2) children's, social care.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>It is for local authorities to determine their spending on social care. The Government is providing councils with access to an additional £1.5 billion for adults and children’s social care in 2020/21. This includes an additional £1 billion of grant funding for adult and children’s social care, on top of maintaining £2.5 billion of existing social care grants. The Government has proposed a 2 per cent precept that will enable councils to access a further £500 million for adult social care specifically.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 29/01/2020 17:10:01 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1171217

registered interest
date	15/01/2020
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to implement all sections of Part 1 of the Care Act 2014; and whether the proposals of the Dilnot Commission will be taken into account in their future plans for funding adult social care.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2020 answer text <p>Putting social care on a sustainable footing, where everyone is treated with dignity and respect, is one of the biggest challenges we face as a society. The Government will bring forward a plan for social care this year. There are complex questions to address, which is why we will seek to build cross-party consensus. We will consider all options available to ensure that every person is treated with dignity and offered the security they deserve, and that nobody needing care is forced to sell their home to pay for it.</p> answering member printed Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford question first answered 29/01/2020 15:26:40 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

928189

registered interest
date	20/06/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to announce the funding available for adult social care spending in (1) 2019–20, and (2) 2020–21.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL8841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2018 answer text <p>2019-20 falls within the current Spending Review period, announced in 2015. Over the course of the Spending Review, the Government has given councils access to up to £9.4 billion more dedicated funding Government for social care over the three years from 2017/18 to 2019/20. In 2019/20, approximately £1.835 billion is provided by the Improved Better Care Fund and access to approximately £1.8 billion is provided by the Adult Social Care Precept.</p><p>Individual councils are responsible for setting their budgets and dedicating funding to specific services, and in doing this will assess what is required to meet the social care need of their local populations, and more widely to fulfil their statutory duties under the Care Act 2014.</p><p>The funding settlement for years beyond 2019-20 is a matter to be confirmed at the next Spending Review, alongside the rest of the local government settlement, which will take place next year.</p> answering member printed Lord O'Shaughnessy question first answered 03/07/2018 11:18:39 answering member 4545 label Biography information for Lord O'Shaughnessy
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

713128

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
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, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 28 December 2016 (HL4038), what allocations from the Better Care Fund will have been made by the end of 2017–18 to each named local authority in England with responsibility for adult social care; and what further resources from this Fund will remain available for distribution in 2018–19 and 2019–20.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL6248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>Allocations for the improved Better Care Fund in 2017-18 (£105 million), 2018-19 (£825 million) and 2019-20 (£1.5 billion) were published (attached) alongside the Local Government Finance Settlement in February 2017 - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/core-spending-power-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/core-spending-power-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p>The additional £2 billion announced at Budget tops up the improved Better Care Fund and the allocations for all three years were published (attached) on 9 March - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-allocations-of-the-additional-funding-for-adult-social-care" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-allocations-of-the-additional-funding-for-adult-social-care</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 170327 additional funding for adult social care - HL6248.xlsx title additional funding for adult social care 2 file name 170327 Explanatory note on Core Spending Power - HL6248.pdf title Core Spending Power question first answered 30/03/2017 16:27:47 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

713129

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
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, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 23 December 2016 (HL4083), which local authorities in England with responsibility for adult social care will not be using their precept raising power to the maximum permitted level in 2017–18 to fund adult social care.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL6249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2017 answer text <p>Council tax levels set by local authorities in England for 2017-18 were published (attached) on 29 March - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/council-tax-levels-set-by-local-authorities-in-england-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/council-tax-levels-set-by-local-authorities-in-england-2017-to-2018</a>.</p><p>In 2017-18, 147 out of 152 adult social care authorities will use some or all of the 3 per cent adult social care precept flexibility when setting their council tax, with 109 using the full, or close to full, 3 per cent. I will place a list of local authorities which will not be using their precept raising power to the maximum permitted level in 2017 -18 to fund adult social care in the House library.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 04/04/2017 16:30:38 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 170329 Council Tax level - HL6249.pdf title Council Tax Levels Set by local authorities
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

713130

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
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, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 23 December 2016 (HL4036), (1) what was the extra amount raised by the social care precept in 2017–18; (2) what is their estimate of the amount that will be raised in 2017–18; and (3) alongside those figures, what are the estimated costs to local authorities for funding the National Living Wage for employees providing adult social care on behalf of local authorities in 2016–17 and 2017–18.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL6250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2017 answer text <p>For estimates of the amount that could be raised in 2017-18, I refer to the Department's response to the written question (attached) HL4037 answered on 28 December 2016, which sets out the potential revenue raised for all local authorities - <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2016-12-12/HL4037/" target="_blank">www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2016-12-12/HL4037/</a>.</p><p>My department has made no assessment as to (3). Spending Review decisions on social care services took into account a range of financial and economic factors, including projections and data including on the National Living Wage from the Office of Budget Responsibility and Skills for Care.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 30/03/2017 16:26:33 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name HL4037.docx title Written question - HL4037
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

713131

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
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, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 28 December 2016 (HL4037) and the variation in yield revealed, what assessment they have made of the implications of the variation in yields for the NHS locally; and whether they remain committed to social care precept increases as a basis for funding adult social care on a sustainable basis.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL6251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2017 answer text <p>No assessment has been made of the implication of the variation in yields for the NHS locally; this is a tax raised and managed by local government, to be spent on adult social care. Our policy on the social care precept has been set until 2019-20. No decision has been made about the policy after 2020.</p><p>The government has taken several steps during this Parliament to help secure a strong and sustainable social care system, including an additional £2 billion of funding announced at Budget to support adult social care in the short term. Taken all together, councils have access to £9.25 billion more dedicated funding for social care over the next three years, as a result of measures introduced by the government since 2015. In the longer term, the government is committed to establishing a fair and more sustainable basis for adult social care, in the face of future demographic challenges, and proposals to put the system on a more secure and sustainable long term footing will be set out in a green paper.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 03/04/2017 14:01:18 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

657764

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
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 which local authorities in England with responsibilities for adult social care will not use, in the financial year 2016–17, their power to increase their council tax precept by 2 per cent to pay for such care services.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL4083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2016 answer text <p>Eight social care authorities chose not to use the adult social care precept in 2016-17. They were: Stoke-on-Trent and 7 London Boroughs (City, Kensington &amp; Chelsea, Hammersmith &amp; Fulham, Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow and Merton).</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 23/12/2016 14:52:52 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

657403

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
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, assuming current prices and that all English local authorities with adult social care provisions make two per cent increases in the council tax precept, how much will be raised in total for adult social care in England (1) in the first year of operation, and (2) for all years of operation up to and including the financial year 2019–20.
tabling member printed	Lord Warner
uin	HL4036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2016 answer text <p>The social care precept created in the 2015 Spending Review works by giving local authorities the flexibility to raise council tax in their area by up to 2 per cent above the existing threshold. If all local authorities used this to its maximum effect it could help raise nearly £2 billion a year by 2019-20. In 2016-17 144 out of 152 (95 per cent) adult social care authorities took up the precept raising £382 million extra for social care this year. The core spending power tables published alongside the Local Government Finance Settlement provide set out estimates of how much each council might raise in later years, and an explanatory note sets out the assumptions that these are based on.</p><p /> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 23/12/2016 15:02:09 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner