PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Respite Care (24 July 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the Government plans to change from 2019 the level of the £130 million of funding for carers' breaks designated annually in the Better Care Fund; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)

As stated in the Integration and Better Care Fund Policy Framework 2017-19, the minimum clinical commissioning groups contribution to the Better Care Fund (BCF) includes £130 million funding for the provision of carers’ breaks.

We want to have the biggest possible impact with the money available, so as part of the National Health Service plan, we will review the current functioning and structure of the BCF to make sure that it supports the full integration of health and social care.

Source:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/integration-and-better-care-fund-policy-framework-2017-to-2019

Answered by:
Dame Caroline Dinenage (Conservative)
4 September 2018