Question follow-through · 17945
Social Services: Finance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to provide additional funding to local authorities to meet the increased costs of social care.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Treasury
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 12 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to provide additional funding to local authorities to meet the increased costs of social care.
6 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Dec 2024
Answer published
The government considered the cost pressures facing social care services and wider local government spending as part of phase one of the Spending Review process which concluded in October. The government is providing a real-terms uplift to core local gove...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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