Oral Question·Department of Health and Social Care
“Whether his Department has completed an impact assessment of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the health and social care sector.”
Tabled: 13 March 2018Answered: 20 March 2018
Asked by
Chris Law
Scottish National Party — Dundee Central
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Housing and Planning (Matthew Pennycook)
The Government recognise the strain placed on housing revenue accounts as a result of changes in rent policy, inflationary pressures and increased costs associated with investing in existing stock. The principle of self-financing remains the right one, but we are committed to working with councils to overcome the pressures on their HRAs so that they can invest in new and existing stock.