Meals on Wheels
(asked on 7th November 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that Meals on Wheels services are adequately resourced to meet the (a) nutritional needs and (b) social well-being of (i) older and (ii) disabled people.
Answered by
Simon Hoare
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
The provision of Meals on Wheels is an important public service and Councils are best placed to make decisions about their provision alongside other local services.
To enable this, final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2023/24 makes available up to £59.7 billion for local government in England, an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £5.1 billion or 9.4% in cash terms on 2022/23. This includes around £2 billion in additional grant for social care through the Settlement for 2023/24.