Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to provide additional funding of £350 million per week to the NHS after the UK has left the EU.
Answered by David Gauke
HM Treasury and the Government as a whole are determined to make a success of leaving the EU.
The Government has committed to the NHS receiving £10 billion more per year by 2020-21, than it did in 2014-15. This is £2 billion more than the NHS asked for in its own 5 Year Forward View.
Asked by: Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question to the HM Treasury:
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has put measures in place to ensure that funding raised through the two per cent precept levied by local government will be spent on adult social care.
Answered by Greg Hands - Minister of State (Department for Business and Trade)
Council treasurers will need to certify that the additional revenue will be used to fund adult social care. The Secretary of State will review the arrangements each year as part of the process for setting referendum principles. These are approved by the House of Commons each year and will take into account the way councils have used the additional flexibility when doing so.