Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide financial support to the social care sector ahead of the availability of additional funding raised by increasing National Insurance contributions.

Over the next three years we will invest £5.4 billion in adult social care reform. During the pandemic, we have made available over £2 billion for adult social care and a further £6 billion to local authorities to address COVID-19 pressures. We also provided councils with access to over £1 billion for social care in 2021-22 to support them to maintain care services and meet demand.