Lord O'Shaughnessy corrected a written answer on Public Health and Social Services: Finance
Lord Warner (Crossbench, Life peer) asked written question HL8805 on 19 June 2018. Lord O'Shaughnessy answered on 3 July 2018 for the Department of Health and Social Care, and Lord O'Shaughnessy corrected the answer on 20 July 2018. The figure 237 in the original became 287 in the correction, higher by 50. Altogether 4 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask Her Majesty's Government what increases, in constant prices and on present funding plans, will be provided for (1) Public Health England, (2) local authority public health services, and (3) adult social care services, over each of the next five years; and what are the planned annual percentage increases for each of those service areas over that period.
Original and corrected answer
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| The available figures are provided in the following table. | 2019-20 budget | 2020-21 budget Public Health England: operating expenditure £ million | | Increase (£) | - | £0 Increase (%) | - | 0% | 2019-20 planned | 2020-21 planned Public health funding for local authorities £ billion | 3.13 | 3.13 Increase (£) | - | £0 Increase (%) | - | 0% Budgets for both Public Health England and local authorities beyond these years will be agreed as part of the next Spending Review settlement. Spending decisions on social care, including annual increases, are a matter for local government which know their local areas best. Overall, the Government has given access to £9.4 billion additional funding for social care between 2017-18 and 2019-20. Funding allocations for local government beyond 2019-20 are subject to the Spending Review. | The available figures are provided in the following table. | 2019-20 budget | 2020-21 budget Public Health England: operating expenditure £ million | 287 | 287 Increase (£) | - | £0 Increase (%) | - | 0% | 2019-20 planned | 2020-21 planned Public health funding for local authorities £ billion | 3.13 | 3.13 Increase (£) | - | £0 Increase (%) | - | 0% Budgets for both Public Health England and local authorities beyond these years will be agreed as part of the next Spending Review settlement. Spending decisions on social care, including annual increases, are a matter for local government which know their local areas best. Overall, the Government has given access to £9.4 billion additional funding for social care between 2017-18 and 2019-20. Funding allocations for local government beyond 2019-20 are subject to the Spending Review. |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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