Asked by: Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to ring-fence funding for housing related support to match 2010 levels of £1.6 billion a year allocated to local authorities for that purpose.
Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Funding to local authorities for housing related support is through the Local Government Finance Settlement. The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2024-25 makes available up to £64.7 billion, an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £4.5 billion or 7.5% in cash terms on 2023-24.
Having listened to the views of local government, on 24 January the Government announced additional measures for local authorities in England worth £600 million. This includes £500 million of new funding for councils with responsibility for adult and children’s social care, distributed through the Social Care Grant.
Asked by: Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe (Labour - Life peer)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to reinstate the £300 million Housing Transformation Fund to support the development of specialist housing for those such as veterans who want to live independently but require some assistance.
Answered by Lord Markham - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)
In April 2023 Ministers made the difficult decision not to proceed with the previously announced £300 million investment in housing. Ministers have instead prioritised delivery of the reforms we believe are most needed and will have the biggest impact over this year and the next. This includes up to £8.6 billion we are making available over this year and next to support adult social care and hospital discharge.