ADASS Spring Seminar Sustainable Social Care: More than just money’ ADASS Spring Seminar Sustainable Social Care: More than just money’? Richard Enderby 29 April 2019
Sustainable Social Care: More than just money’? What is MHCLG’s interest? What has happened over this Spending Review Period Forthcoming Spending Review Other issues that could impact on care provision
Sustainable Social Care: More than just money’? MHCLG’s interest linked to overall sustainability of local government Over time the cost of social care is a rising proportion of social care authorities expenditure: being 60% in 2017/18 Resources for local government are determined through Spending Reviews – the last being SR 2015
Sustainable Social Care: More than just money’? 2015 Spending Review provided a 4 year settlement for local government
Sustainable Social Care: More than just money’? This level of resource includes the additional funding announced since 2017 Budgets dedicated for adult social care Local government had access to £10bn over the 3 years to 2019/20 for adult social care
Sustainable Social Care: More than just money’? Spending Review 2019 ‘We have got a spending review coming up this summer that will set budgets for the next three years. We will have more money to spend on public services and, if we get the right Brexit deal done and a smooth exit from the European Union so that we can release the money that we have set aside to deal with the possible disruption of a no-deal exit, then that will give us more money still.’ Chancellor, March 2019
Building a Robust Evidence Base… Sustainable Social Care: More than just money’? Building a Robust Evidence Base… Spending Review team is working with analytical and policy teams across Government to build a holistic bid for LG funding – revenue and capital spend – looking beyond Social Care to understand pressures on discretionary services. With the LGA, hosting sector roundtables to bring together LA Finance and Service Directors with Whitehall Policy Directors to identify pressures on services and opportunities for improved delivery and efficiencies. Visits with HM Treasury to hear first-hand about decisions Councils are taking to manage pressures and deliver for communities. We will be drawing on rich intel from LAs to build a picture around the analysis, understand spend and service variation and benefits of greater freedoms & flexibilities. Financial Sustainability Capital & Revenue Interactions Efficiency & Transformation Adult Social Care Children’s Services, incl. Education EU Exit Prevention & Early Intervention ‘Place’ & Communities Homelessness, Housing & Welfare Reform THEMES
Sustainable Social Care: More than just money’? SOCIAL CARE GREEN PAPER BETTER CARE FUND REVIEW BUSINESS RATES RETENTION RELATIVE RESOURCE AND NEEDS REVIEW EU EXIT
Sustainable Social Care: More than just money’? QUESTIONS?