Written questions

Social Services: Finance

Commons · Question 22354 · Tabled 7 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 14 Jan 2025

Question

Asked by Zarah Sultana

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the additional £880 million allocated to the Social Care Grant.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 14 Jan 2025

The £880 million uplift in the Social Care Grant is in recognition of the important role local authorities have in commissioning and delivering social care services. This funding will support social care delivery and will take the total funding in the Soc...