Dementia: Social Services
(asked on 10th February 2020) - View Source
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the provision of increased funding for dementia care in Budget 2020.
This question was answered on 17th February 2020
At the 2019 Spending Review, the Government provided an additional £1bn funding for social care in 2020-21. In addition the Government has committed to urgently seek a cross-party consensus to bring forward proposals and legislation for long-term reform of adult social care. In line with successive administrations, the details of Ministerial discussions are not normally discussed.