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Respite Care: Disability

Asked by Mrs Elsie BlundellLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 11 November 2024UIN 12576

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will take steps to provide funding for respite care for people with disabilities away from their care setting.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The Government is providing at least £600 million of new grant funding for social care, as part of the broader estimated real-terms uplift to core local government spending power of approximately 3.2%. Local authorities are responsible for how they use the available funding to fulfil their duties under the Care Act (2014).

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