Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of any funding gap for social care in Wolverhampton in (a) 2017-18, (b) 2018-19, (c) 2019-20 and (d) 2020-21 on the basis of the current local sustainability and transformation plan.

The Department does not collect this information.

We have taken several steps to help secure a strong and sustainable social care system, including the Budget announcement of an extra £2 billion in funding. Taken together, Government funding decisions since 2015 will give councils access to £9.25 billion more dedicated funding for social care over the next three years.

Adult social care is a locally delivered system and it is up to local authorities to plan how best to use their available funding to provide services for their residents based on knowledge of local need.