Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 118425

Social Services: Finance

Tabled: 5 March 2026
Answered: 12 March 2026

Question

Mr Lee Dillon

Liberal DemocratNewbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of whether current local authority funding for adult social care will be sufficient for projected demand over the next three years.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Department regularly assesses the demand and cost pressures facing adult social care. These pressures were taken into account as part of the wider consideration of spending within the Spending Review process.The Government is making additional funding...

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