Social Services: Disability

(asked on 9th March 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has assessed the potential merits of providing extra financial support for the social care sector to ensure that working age disabled people who require support live independent and fulfilling lives; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Helen Whately Portrait
Helen Whately
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 14th March 2023

This Department has not assessed the merits of providing extra financial support for working age disabled people.

We have made available up to £7.5 billion in additional funding over two years to support adult social care and discharge. This represents a more than real terms increase; and we expect local authorities to deliver tangible improvements to adult social care services, such as those for working age adults, as a result.

Local authorities are best placed to assess local resource and need, and they distribute their funding based on the local population demographics and relevant regional issues.

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