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Care Homes: Employers' Contributions

Asked by Maya EllisLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 20 May 2025UIN 52104

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions on care home providers.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The Government did consider the cost pressures facing adult social care as part of the wider consideration of local government spending within the Spending Review process in 2024.

To enable local authorities to deliver key services such as adult social care, the Government has made available up to £3.7 billion of additional funding for social care authorities in 2025/26, which includes an £880 million increase in the Social Care Grant.

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