Question follow-through · 39778

Social Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to ensure a multi-year funding agreement for social care to cover the full cost of care and enable care providers to plan long term.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 19 Mar 2025
Target answer date: 25 Mar 2025
Answer: 25 Mar 2025 · 6 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

19 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to ensure a multi-year funding agreement for social care to cover the full cost of care and enable care providers to plan long term.
25 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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25 Mar 2025
Answer published
From 2026/27, we want to fundamentally improve the way we fund councils and direct funding to where it is most needed through the first multi-year settlement in 10 years. This will provide greater long-term certainty for local authorities and will enable ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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