Asked by: Lord Kamall (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to providing local authorities with specific additional funding to pass onto commissioned care providers to compensate them for the increased National Insurance contributions they face.
Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
Raising the revenue required to fund public services and restore economic stability requires difficult decisions on tax, which is why the government is asking employers to contribute more. The government is providing over £515 million of new funding to support councils with the costs associated with the increase in employer National Insurance Contributions (NICs).
Local authorities will also have multiple funding sources available which can be used to address the range of pressures facing the adult social care sector and we will make available up to £3.7 billion of additional funding for social care authorities in 2025-26.