Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 89382

Social Services: Investment

Tabled: 11 November 2025

Answered: 5 January 2026

Question

Mr Clive Betts

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to make an assessment of the potential merits of establishing a Government-backed social care investment fund to offer low-cost loans to support the development of the (a) infrastr

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

A Government-backed social care investment fund is not an idea that we are currently considering. Funding for adult social care is provided by central Government to local authorities through the Local Government Finance Settlement. The Spending Review all...

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