Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Elizabeth Truss and Mike Amesbury

Tuesday 5th March 2019 Commons Chamber

[Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale) (Lab)]

10. Whether he plans to change the level of funding allocated to social care.

[The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Elizabeth Truss)]

At the autumn Budget 2018, we gave councils an additional £650 million, which could be spent on adult and children’s social care. Since 2017, we have given access to up to £10 billion of dedicated adult social care funding, which has meant above-inflation rises.

[Mike Amesbury]

Eighty-seven people in this country die each day before receiving the care that they need. Does the Minister agree that that figure is shameful and that the Chancellor should use the spring statement to tackle the funding crisis in social care?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Elizabeth Truss and Mike Amesbury

Tuesday 11th September 2018 Commons Chamber

[Elizabeth Truss]

I was delighted to visit my hon. Friend and see the booming businesses in Lowestoft and St. Peter’s Brewery, which is exporting around the world, and Baron Bigod, which I think has the only raw milk vending machine in the whole of the UK. We will look closely at his submission and continue to invest in this vital part of the country.

[Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale) (Lab)]

T3. With frontline police officers cut by over 22,000 since 2010 and police forces such as mine in Cheshire having their budgets slashed by a massive £56 million—that is a fact—surely the National Audit Office report exposing the crisis in funding for our police service is a wake-up call to the Treasury.

[Elizabeth Truss]

We have protected police budgets in real terms since 2015. Of course, the nature of crime is changing, and police forces across the country have to adjust to that. We also recently announced a 2% pay rise for frontline police officers.