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	date	28/11/2016
	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 criteria they are using to determine how funds for social care to which local authorities have access will be allocated over the remainder of this Parliament.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL3616
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities receive general unringfenced revenue funding to support service delivery, including adult social care, through the local government finance settlement. The government has made a four year funding settlement offer for this Parliament that has been accepted by 97 per cent of councils.</p><p>We are also providing up to £3.5 billion additional funding for social care by 2019-20 through a new 2 per cent social care precept and the Improved Better Care Fund. The government consulted on the distribution of the improved Better Care Fund as a part of the local government finance settlement 2017 - 2018 technical consultation. The consultation closed on 28 October and we are currently analysing the responses.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 12/12/2016 15:00:13 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh

646599

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2016
	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 which local authorities will receive resources from the Better Care Fund in order to provide social care.
	tabling member printed	Baroness McDonagh
	uin	HL3617
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2016 answer text <p>Spanning the National Health Service and local government, the Better Care Fund creates a single local pooled budget to promote the integration of health and social care services. All upper tier authorities with responsibility for adult social care benefit from the Better Care Fund. In 2015-16, local areas pooled £5.3 billion under the Better Care Fund in 2015-16, including £1.5 billion above the mandated minimum.The government consulted on the distribution of the additional funding from the improved Better Care Fund which comes in from 2017-18 as a part of the local government finance settlement 2017 - 2018 technical consultation. The consultation closed on 28 October and we are currently analysing the responses.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 12/12/2016 15:06:13 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	3701 label Biography information for Baroness McDonagh