Asked by: Lord Warner (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is permitted for up to 15 people to attend a humanist wedding; and if so, whether they have plans to clarify rules for marriages and civil ceremonies.
Answered by Lord Greenhalgh
Humanist wedding ceremonies can take place at this time with 15 people present. This is also the case for marriages and civil ceremonies.
Asked by: Lord Warner (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their planned increase in expenditure in the 2020/21 financial year, at 2019/20 prices, on (1) adult, and (2) children's, social care.
Answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
It is for local authorities to determine their spending on social care. The Government is providing councils with access to an additional £1.5 billion for adults and children’s social care in 2020/21. This includes an additional £1 billion of grant funding for adult and children’s social care, on top of maintaining £2.5 billion of existing social care grants. The Government has proposed a 2 per cent precept that will enable councils to access a further £500 million for adult social care specifically.
Asked by: Lord Warner (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was spent at constant prices on (1) adult, and (2) children's social care, in each financial year from 2009/10 to 2018/19; and what is the estimated expenditure for the 2019/20 financial year.
Answered by Viscount Younger of Leckie - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
Local authority expenditure on children’s social care between 2014/15 and 2018/19 in constant prices is published in table 1b here https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2018-to-2019-final-outturn. Due to significant changes to local authorities’ responsibilities in 2014 it is not possible to compare expenditure before and after this date. Expenditure for the years 2009/10 to 2013/14 is published (attached) here https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing#2013-to-2014
Expenditure for adult social care between 2010/11 and 2018/19 is published here https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/adult-social-care-activity-and-finance-report/2018-19/appendix-b-final. This data includes Better Care Fund income from the NHS and other historic transfers, as detailed in the report. The same information is presented in constant prices in the table below.
Year | Real terms expenditure (18-19 prices) |
2009-10 | £18.39bn |
2010-11 | £18.50bn |
2011-12 | £17.58bn |
2012-13 | £17.01bn |
2013-14 | £16.86bn |
2014-15 | £16.63bn |
2015-16 | £17.15bn |
2016-17 | £17.39bn |
2017-18 | £17.49bn |
2018-19 | £17.92bn |
Local authorities’ budgeted expenditure for both adults and children’s social care in 2019/20 is published (attached) here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/812505/Local_Authority_Revenue_Expenditure_and_Financing_2019-20_Budget__England.pdf This data excludes Better Care Fund income and so is not comparable to the data above.
Asked by: Lord Warner (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
Her Majesty's Government whether any Minister has taken, or is considering taking, action to prevent the Palestine Expo 2017 taking place at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in July; and if so, why.
Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
We have worked with the QEII Centre to consider the concerns raised about Palestine Expo 2017. Following consideration, we have agreed that the event can take place as planned. That said, we have emphasised to the organisers the need for all events at the centre to maintain good community relations and for them to ensure that the event is conducted in a lawful manner and in line with fundamental British values.
Asked by: Lord Warner (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 23 December 2016 (HL4083), which local authorities in England with responsibility for adult social care will not be using their precept raising power to the maximum permitted level in 2017–18 to fund adult social care.
Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Council tax levels set by local authorities in England for 2017-18 were published (attached) on 29 March - https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/council-tax-levels-set-by-local-authorities-in-england-2017-to-2018.
In 2017-18, 147 out of 152 adult social care authorities will use some or all of the 3 per cent adult social care precept flexibility when setting their council tax, with 109 using the full, or close to full, 3 per cent. I will place a list of local authorities which will not be using their precept raising power to the maximum permitted level in 2017 -18 to fund adult social care in the House library.
Asked by: Lord Warner (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 28 December 2016 (HL4037) and the variation in yield revealed, what assessment they have made of the implications of the variation in yields for the NHS locally; and whether they remain committed to social care precept increases as a basis for funding adult social care on a sustainable basis.
Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
No assessment has been made of the implication of the variation in yields for the NHS locally; this is a tax raised and managed by local government, to be spent on adult social care. Our policy on the social care precept has been set until 2019-20. No decision has been made about the policy after 2020.
The government has taken several steps during this Parliament to help secure a strong and sustainable social care system, including an additional £2 billion of funding announced at Budget to support adult social care in the short term. Taken all together, councils have access to £9.25 billion more dedicated funding for social care over the next three years, as a result of measures introduced by the government since 2015. In the longer term, the government is committed to establishing a fair and more sustainable basis for adult social care, in the face of future demographic challenges, and proposals to put the system on a more secure and sustainable long term footing will be set out in a green paper.
Asked by: Lord Warner (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 28 December 2016 (HL4038), what allocations from the Better Care Fund will have been made by the end of 2017–18 to each named local authority in England with responsibility for adult social care; and what further resources from this Fund will remain available for distribution in 2018–19 and 2019–20.
Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Allocations for the improved Better Care Fund in 2017-18 (£105 million), 2018-19 (£825 million) and 2019-20 (£1.5 billion) were published (attached) alongside the Local Government Finance Settlement in February 2017 - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/core-spending-power-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2017-to-2018.
The additional £2 billion announced at Budget tops up the improved Better Care Fund and the allocations for all three years were published (attached) on 9 March - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-allocations-of-the-additional-funding-for-adult-social-care
Asked by: Lord Warner (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
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.
Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
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.
Asked by: Lord Warner (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much they estimate could be raised for adult social care by each one per cent increase in the council tax precept for (1) each named local authority with responsibilities for adult social care, and (2) the total for all such local authorities in England.
Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
The attached table shows a council by council breakdown of potential receipts from use of the Adult Social Care precept.
17-18 ASC precept receipts include an element due to take-up of ASC precept in 16-17 (which councils would not have in 17-18 had they not taken this option) | |||
17-18 receipts also factor in tax base growth in line with the geometric mean average tax base growth seen between 13-14 and 16-17 | |||
Potential council tax receipts due to Adult Social Care precept in 2017-18, £m | |||
ASC Precept increase in 2017-18 | 1% | 2% | 3% |
England | 606 | 814 | 1,023 |
Camden | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
City of London | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
Greenwich | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
Hackney | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
Hammersmith & Fulham | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
Islington | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
Kensington & Chelsea | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.3 |
Lambeth | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
Lewisham | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
Southwark | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
Tower Hamlets | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
Wandsworth | 1.6 | 2.1 | 2.6 |
Westminster | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
Barking & Dagenham | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.6 |
Barnet | 4.2 | 5.8 | 7.4 |
Bexley | 2.9 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
Brent | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
Bromley | 4.1 | 5.4 | 6.8 |
Croydon | 4.4 | 5.9 | 7.3 |
Ealing | 1.2 | 2.4 | 3.6 |
Enfield | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
Haringey | 2.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
Harrow | 3.2 | 4.3 | 5.3 |
Havering | 3.3 | 4.4 | 5.5 |
Hillingdon | 1.1 | 2.2 | 3.3 |
Hounslow | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.7 |
Kingston upon Thames | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
Merton | 0.8 | 1.6 | 2.4 |
Newham | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
Redbridge | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.8 |
Richmond upon Thames | 3.5 | 4.6 | 5.8 |
Sutton | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
Waltham Forest | 2.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
Barnsley | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
Birmingham | 8.7 | 11.6 | 14.5 |
Bolton | 2.8 | 3.8 | 4.7 |
Bradford | 4.9 | 6.5 | 8.1 |
Bury | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
Calderdale | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
Coventry | 3.4 | 4.5 | 5.7 |
Doncaster | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
Dudley | 3.1 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
Gateshead | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
Kirklees | 4.5 | 6.0 | 7.5 |
Knowsley | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
Leeds | 8.0 | 10.7 | 13.4 |
Liverpool | 4.6 | 6.1 | 7.7 |
Manchester | 4.0 | 5.3 | 6.7 |
Newcastle upon Tyne | 2.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 |
North Tyneside | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
Oldham | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
Rochdale | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
Rotherham | 2.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
Salford | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
Sandwell | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.3 |
Sefton | 3.3 | 4.5 | 5.6 |
Sheffield | 5.4 | 7.2 | 9.0 |
Solihull | 2.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
South Tyneside | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.6 |
St Helens | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
Stockport | 3.9 | 5.3 | 6.6 |
Sunderland | 2.5 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
Tameside | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
Trafford | 2.5 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
Wakefield | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5.7 |
Walsall | 3.1 | 4.1 | 5.2 |
Wigan | 3.2 | 4.2 | 5.3 |
Wirral | 3.6 | 4.8 | 6.0 |
Wolverhampton | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
Bath & North East Somerset UA | 2.4 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
Bedford UA | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
Blackburn with Darwen UA | 1.3 | 1.8 | 2.2 |
Blackpool UA | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
Bournemouth UA | 2.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 |
Bracknell Forest UA | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
Brighton & Hove UA | 3.6 | 4.9 | 6.1 |
Bristol UA | 5.4 | 7.2 | 9.1 |
Central Bedfordshire UA | 3.9 | 5.3 | 6.6 |
Cheshire East UA | 5.4 | 7.2 | 9.0 |
Cheshire West and Chester UA | 4.6 | 6.1 | 7.7 |
City of Nottingham UA | 2.9 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
Cornwall UA | 7.4 | 9.9 | 12.4 |
Darlington UA | 1.3 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
Derby City UA | 2.4 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
Durham UA | 5.6 | 7.5 | 9.4 |
East Riding of Yorkshire UA | 4.2 | 5.6 | 7.1 |
Halton UA | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
Hartlepool UA | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.7 |
Herefordshire UA | 2.7 | 3.6 | 4.5 |
Isle of Wight UA | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
Isles of Scilly | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Kingston upon Hull UA | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
Leicester City UA | 2.9 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
Luton UA | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Middlesborough UA | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
Milton Keynes UA | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.9 |
North East Lincolnshire UA | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.8 |
North Lincolnshire UA | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
North Somerset UA | 2.8 | 3.7 | 4.6 |
Northumberland UA | 4.4 | 5.9 | 7.4 |
Peterborough UA | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.2 |
Plymouth UA | 2.9 | 3.8 | 4.8 |
Poole UA | 2.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
Portsmouth UA | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
Reading UA | 2.2 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
Redcar & Cleveland UA | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.7 |
Rutland UA | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
Shropshire UA | 3.8 | 5.1 | 6.4 |
Slough UA | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
South Gloucestershire UA | 3.6 | 4.8 | 6.0 |
Southampton UA | 2.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
Southend-on-Sea UA | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.4 |
Stockton-on-Tees UA | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.8 |
Stoke-on-Trent UA | 0.7 | 1.4 | 2.2 |
Swindon UA | 2.5 | 3.4 | 4.2 |
Telford and the Wrekin UA | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
The Medway Towns UA | 3.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 |
Thurrock UA | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.9 |
Torbay UA | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.8 |
Warrington UA | 2.5 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
West Berkshire UA | 2.5 | 3.3 | 4.1 |
Wiltshire UA | 6.8 | 9.1 | 11.4 |
Windsor & Maidenhead UA | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.1 |
Wokingham UA | 2.6 | 3.4 | 4.3 |
York UA | 2.3 | 3.1 | 3.9 |
Buckinghamshire | 7.4 | 9.9 | 12.4 |
Cambridgeshire | 7.7 | 10.3 | 12.9 |
Cumbria | 6.1 | 8.1 | 10.2 |
Derbyshire | 8.3 | 11.1 | 13.9 |
Devon | 10.1 | 13.5 | 16.9 |
Dorset | 6.1 | 8.2 | 10.2 |
East Sussex | 7.3 | 9.8 | 12.2 |
Essex | 17.2 | 23.0 | 28.9 |
Gloucestershire | 7.4 | 9.9 | 12.4 |
Hampshire | 16.0 | 21.4 | 26.8 |
Hertfordshire | 15.3 | 20.4 | 25.6 |
Kent | 17.6 | 23.5 | 29.5 |
Lancashire | 12.4 | 16.5 | 20.7 |
Leicestershire | 7.5 | 10.0 | 12.5 |
Lincolnshire | 7.5 | 10.0 | 12.5 |
Norfolk | 10.0 | 13.4 | 16.8 |
North Yorkshire | 7.7 | 10.3 | 12.9 |
Northamptonshire | 7.7 | 10.4 | 13.0 |
Nottinghamshire | 9.3 | 12.5 | 15.7 |
Oxfordshire | 9.2 | 12.3 | 15.4 |
Somerset | 6.2 | 8.2 | 10.3 |
Staffordshire | 8.8 | 11.8 | 14.8 |
Suffolk | 8.4 | 11.2 | 14.0 |
Surrey | 18.5 | 24.8 | 31.0 |
Warwickshire | 7.3 | 9.7 | 12.2 |
West Sussex | 11.5 | 15.4 | 19.3 |
Worcestershire | 6.8 | 9.1 | 11.4 |
Asked by: Lord Warner (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to introduce smoothing mechanisms or adjustments of grants to assist those local authorities where permitted increases in the council tax precept produce insufficient income relative to the demographic demands on their adult social care services.
Answered by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
Local Authorities fund adult social care services through a combination of local taxes and central grants, and make local choices about how much to spend in order to meet their duties.
The improved Better Care Fund grant, worth £1.5 Billion in 2019-20 by allocation to local authorities using a methodology which ensures every authority gets its share of the total funding available through this grant and the Social Care precept on council tax, as measured by the social care Relative Needs Formula. The Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement for 2017-18, published on 15 December, confirmed this method following a public consultation