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(asked on 9th December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November to Question 73974, if he will make it his policy to compensate local authorities for the proportion of the increase to procurement costs for services contracted from third parties that are attributable to the national insurance increase, such as for adult social care provision, where the cost increase will be borne by the local authority, but payroll processed by a third party organisation or contractor.


Answered by
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Kemi Badenoch
President of the Board of Trade
This question was answered on 16th December 2021

The Government has committed to compensating departments and other public sector employers for the increased cost of the Health and Social Care Levy. This applies to employees who are directly employed by the public sector, but not, for example, where services are contracted out.

The local government Spending Review settlement takes account of the additional pressure on local government from the Health and Social Care Levy accordingly. More detail on how the funding announced at the Spending Review will be distributed will be given as part of the Local Government Finance Settlement.

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