Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding for social care in Garston and Halewood constituency.

The information requested is not centrally held. Councils in England will receive an additional £2 billion for social care over the next three years, announced in March 2017.

Government has given councils access to up to £9.25 billion more dedicated funding for social care over the next three years, as a result of measures introduced since 2015. This means that overall, councils are able to increase spending on adult social care in real terms in each of the next three years.

Funding in the Garston and Halewood constituency area has increased this year. Information on social care funding for Liverpool City Council and Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council is set out below but these two local authorities cover an area larger than the Garston and Halewood constituency.

Liverpool Adult Social Care budget in 2017-18: £177 million

- In 2017-18 Liverpool has planned to increase their adult social care budget by 10.5 % in cash terms compared to the 2016-17 budget; and

- In 2017-18 Liverpool chose to raise precept by 3%.

Knowsley Adult Social Care budget in 2017-18: £59 million

- In 2017-18 Knowsley has planned to increase their adult social care budget by 8.9% in cash terms compared to the 2016-17 budget; and

- In 2017-18 Knowsley chose to raise precept by 3%.