Social Services: Finance

(asked on 23rd March 2017) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 6.1 of the Spring Budget 2017, what criteria will be used to allocate the additional £2 billion for social care to councils; and when that funding will be made available.


Answered by
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Marcus Jones
This question was answered on 29th March 2017

The Department published the allocations for the distribution of the additional funding for adult social care announced at the Spring Budget 2017 online on 9 March, together with an Explanatory Note concerning distribution. This is available at :

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-allocations-of-the-additional-funding-for-adult-social-care.

The funding will be made available from April 2017.

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