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

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 23 December 2016 (HL4036), (1) what was the extra amount raised by the social care precept in 2017–18; (2) what is their estimate of the amount that will be raised in 2017–18; and (3) alongside those figures, what are the estimated costs to local authorities for funding the National Living Wage for employees providing adult social care on behalf of local authorities in 2016–17 and 2017–18.

For estimates of the amount that could be raised in 2017-18, I refer to the Department's response to the written question (attached) HL4037 answered on 28 December 2016, which sets out the potential revenue raised for all local authorities - www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Lords/2016-12-12/HL4037/.

My department has made no assessment as to (3). Spending Review decisions on social care services took into account a range of financial and economic factors, including projections and data including on the National Living Wage from the Office of Budget Responsibility and Skills for Care.