Social Services: Employers' Contributions
Commons · Question 14046 · Tabled 13 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 26 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Mark Pritchard
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the proposed increase in the rate of employers' National Insurance contributions on social care services.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 26 Nov 2024
The Government is providing at least £600 million of new grant funding for social care in 2025/26, as part of the broader estimated real-terms uplift to core local government spending power of approximately 3.2%. We will continue to work with the adult so...