Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Apr 2019
Local Government and Social Care Funding
"If we are honest, every Government have some responsibility. The reductions started before 2010. I absolutely accept—[Interruption.] Let me address this point; I am trying to be straight with the hon. Gentleman. I think mistakes were made by the coalition Government in terms of the hit local …..."Norman Lamb - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Apr 2019
Local Government and Social Care Funding
"I absolutely recognise and accept that point.
The hon. Member for Chesterfield (Toby Perkins) intervened to challenge the point about spending under the coalition Government. There was a crisis in public finances in 2010 which did have to be addressed, but I do accept that the balance between social care …..."Norman Lamb - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Apr 2019
Local Government and Social Care Funding
"The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to highlight the issue of how we care for people of a younger age who have care needs, particularly those with learning disabilities and autism. What happens too often is that those people end up in institutions when they do not need to be …..."Norman Lamb - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Apr 2019
Local Government and Social Care Funding
"I am deeply concerned about the future—or lack of a future—of the transforming care programme. One of the problems is that it is often NHS England that is funding care in an institution, and when a local authority is under financial stress, there is not much of an incentive to …..."Norman Lamb - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Apr 2019
Local Government and Social Care Funding
"I will briefly, but I am having glowers directed at me by you, Mr Deputy Speaker...."Norman Lamb - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Apr 2019
Local Government and Social Care Funding
"I very much agree, and those organisations do incredibly important work.
I want to mention the Care Act 2014, which I was responsible for taking through Parliament. I think it was widely regarded as good legislation, but I fear that it has been undermined by a failure to commit sufficient …..."Norman Lamb - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Apr 2019
Local Government and Social Care Funding
"The Minister has just mentioned the Green Paper. I realise that she cannot say when it will be published, but do the Government intend it to lead to reform in the current Parliament when it is published, or are we likely to have to wait until some time in the …..."Norman Lamb - View Speech
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Written Question
Tuesday 12th March 2019
Asked by:
Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many meetings he held with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 December 2018 and 28 February 2019.
Answered by Jake Berry
The Secretary of State had numerous meetings attended by analysts and technical specialists in the Department between 1 December 2018 and 28 February 2019.
Our Chief Scientific Adviser role is currently being recruited and interviews are scheduled for Thursday 28 March.
Written Question
Monday 10th December 2018
Asked by:
Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many meetings he had with his Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser between 1 September and 30 November 2018.
Answered by Jake Berry
The Secretary of State had numerous meetings attended by analyst and technical specialists from across the Department between 1 September and 20 November 2018.
Written Question
Monday 15th October 2018
Asked by:
Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat - North Norfolk)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much local authorities have spent from the ring-fenced public health grant on sexual health services in each year since 2013.
Answered by Rishi Sunak
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government publishes local authority expenditure data, including on sexual health services in lines 61, 62 and 63 of the data table ‘RO3 –Social Care and Public Health services’. These lines include spending using ring-fenced public health grant on sexual health services.
These data are part of the 'Local Authority Revenue Expenditure and Financing Final Outturn, England' statistics series which is available online at www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing
The relevant data since 2013 can be accessed directly via:
www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2013-to-2014-individual-local-authority-data-outturn
www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2014-to-2015-individual-local-authority-data-outturn
www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2015-to-2016-individual-local-authority-data-outturn
www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2016-to-2017-individual-local-authority-data-outturn