Social Services: South Suffolk
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the increase in employer's National Insurance contributions on social care providers in South Suffolk constituency.
Answered by Stephen Kinnock
We have taken necessary decisions to provide stability to the country’s finances. The Government considered the cost pressures facing adult social care at an England level as part of the wider consideration of local government spending within the Spending Review process.
To enable local authorities to deliver key services such as adult social care, the Government is making available up to £3.7 billion of additional funding for social care authorities in 2025/26. Overall, core local government spending power is increasing by 6% in cash terms.
Suffolk County Council will receive a 5.7% cash terms increase in its core spending power for 2025/26, compared to 2024/25.
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