Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to provide additional funding to local authorities to meet the increased costs of social care.

The government considered the cost pressures facing social care services and wider local government spending as part of phase one of the Spending Review process which concluded in October.

The government is providing a real-terms uplift to core local government spending power of around 3.2% in 2025-26. This includes £1.3bn of new grant funding – £680 million of which is new grant funding to support social care.

Future funding decisions will be considered in the usual way as part of the next phase of the Spending Review.