Asked by: Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat - North Devon)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will increase funding from the Better Care Fund to improve the transition of community services in Devon.
Answered by Norman Lamb
The Better Care Fund is a pooled budget of £3.8 billion to be spent on integrating Health and Social care. Local areas will decide how best to use their funding to transform the provision of services to their communities, both improving outcomes for people, and driving efficiencies.