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1719703

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of local authority funding changes on hospital discharge times to social care.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	27324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has made available up to £8.6 billion in additional funding over the financial years 2023/24 and 2024/25, to support adult social care and discharge. This includes £1.6 billion through the Discharge Fund, to support the National Health Service and local authorities to ensure timely and effective discharge from hospital. This funding enables local authorities to buy more care packages, help people leave hospital on time, improve workforce recruitment and retention, and reduce waiting times for care.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 24/05/2024 08:42:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1719225

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of working-aged adults that receive adult social care that are (a) self-funded and (b) funded by their (i) local authority and (ii) Integrated Care Board.
tabling member constituency	South Swindon
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Buckland
uin	27033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>Data from the adult social care short and long-term collection shows that, as of 31 March 2023, 258,940 people aged 18 to 64 years old were receiving long-term support commissioned via, although not necessarily funded by, their local authority. The Department does not hold data centrally on working age adults who are self-funded, or on integrated care board funded care for working age adults.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 24/05/2024 08:38:11 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland

1719227

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, on what date does his Department provide councils with their Social Care Grant allocations each year.
tabling member constituency	South Swindon
tabling member printed	Sir Robert Buckland
uin	27035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Social Care Grant is distributed as part of the Local Government Finance Statement. Towards the end of each calendar year, the Government publishes a consultation setting out its proposals for council tax referendum principles, business rates retention and allocation of numerous grants, including the Social Care Grant, for the following financial year. After the consultation closes and any alterations are made, the final Settlement and local authority allocations are published early in the following calendar year and are subject to a debate in the House of Commons. The department also sends local authorities a copy of their allocations along with the Grant Determination for the Social Care Grant at the start of the financial year.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 23/05/2024 14:44:57 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland

1702354

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
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 His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with local authorities about the financing of those in social care.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL3965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2024 answer text <p>Ministers and officials in the Department have regular conversations with representatives of local government, including the Local Government Association and the Association for Directors of Adult Social Services, regarding the costs of meeting the needs of adults who draw on care and support. The Department regularly engages with local authorities, who are responsible for assessing eligibility for financial assistance as set out in the Care Act, to understand the impact charging policy has on individuals who draw on care. The Department also regularly engages with individual local authorities to better understand their financial plans for commissioning and delivering adult social care.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 26/04/2024 11:10:33 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1702355

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
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 His Majesty's Government what plans they have to build on the proposals in the report of Sir Andrew Dilnot’s Commission on Funding of Care and Support, Fairer Care Funding, published in July 2011.
tabling member printed	Lord Swire
uin	HL3966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2024 answer text <p>As announced in the Autumn Statement 2022, we listened to the concerns of local government and made the decision to delay the rollout of charging reforms from October 2023 to October 2025. These reforms include the introduction of a cap on personal care costs, and a more generous adult social care means test. The Government has been considering what form the rollout of charging reform from October 2025 will take.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 09/05/2024 11:26:28 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

1697069

registered interest
date	19/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of funding for social care.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	19406
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2024 answer text <p>The government has made available up to £8.6bn in additional funding over this financial year and next to support adult social care and discharge. This includes £500m announced in January which has specifically been made available to support local authorities with the cost of social care in 2024-25 in response to representations from local government stakeholders. This funding will enable local authorities to buy more care packages, help people leave hospital on time, improve workforce recruitment and retention, and reduce waiting times for care.</p><p> </p><p>At Spring Budget, the government announced it is investing £165 million over the next 4 years to significantly expand the capacity of the children’s home estate in England, improving outcomes for looked after children and unlocking productivity savings by reducing local government reliance on emergency provision. The government is also exploring further ways to combat profiteering and bring down costs in the children’s care market. This is in addition to the £200 million the government has already committed in response to the Independent Review of Children’s Social Care.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 27/03/2024 09:22:16 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1696862

registered interest
date	18/03/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has held discussions with adult social care providers on potential future risks to the local financing of the provision of care.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Mark Eastwood
uin	19216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>Through the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2024-25, we are providing over £1.5 billion in additional grant for social care compared to 2023-24. This is part of an above-inflation increase in Core Spending Power for local government from 2023-24 of up to £4.5 billion, or 7.5% in cash terms.</p><p>Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare grouped question UIN 19217 question first answered 26/03/2024 13:57:59 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4807 label Biography information for Mark Eastwood

1694574

registered interest
date	07/03/2024
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he made an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of increasing funding for (a) social care and (b) the Better Care Fund in the Spring Budget 2024.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	17666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2024 answer text <p>The Chancellor and Chief Secretary hold regular discussions with Cabinet colleagues on spending priorities for fiscal events.</p><p>The government has now made available up to £8.6bn in additional funding over this financial year and next to support adult social care and discharge. This includes £500m announced in January which has specifically been made available to support local authorities with the cost of social care in 2024-25 in response to representations from local government stakeholders. This funding will enable local authorities to buy more care packages, help people leave hospital on time, improve workforce recruitment and retention, and reduce waiting times for care.</p> answering member constituency Sevenoaks answering member printed Laura Trott question first answered 15/03/2024 11:16:12 answering member 4780 label Biography information for Laura Trott
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1689864

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to reform the funding system for the delivery of adult social care by local councils.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	14486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>In 2022, the Government confirmed reforms to the funding formula would not be implemented in this spending review after hearing calls from councils for stability. The Government remains committed to improving the local government finance landscape.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 23/02/2024 16:04:01 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1683938

registered interest
date	22/01/2024
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 His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how much the National Living Wage increase for 2024–25 will cost councils and providers with responsibility for adult social care; and the impact of this increase on market stability in the adult social care sector, especially in areas with a higher proportion of state-funded care users.
tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
uin	HL1789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department of Health and Social Care carries out regular exercises to assess the financial pressures facing councils and adult social care providers. These assessments account for a wide range of pressures, including changes to the National Living Wage, and these are shared with HM Treasury and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and are used to inform decisions on the overall funding available to local government.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL1790 question first answered 05/02/2024 12:07:51 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath