Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on how much local authorities have spent on unpaid carers in each of the last five years.

The Department holds data on the number of unpaid carers over the age of 18 receiving direct support from local authorities (LAs) in England, and the cost of this support. Data is collected from LAs in the Short and Long Term data return and the Adult Social Care Finance Return, and published in the Adult Social Care Activity and Finance Report, which is available at the following link:

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/adult-social-care-activity-and-finance-report