Clause 47 - Further provisions about directions in connection with care trusts
Health and Social Care Bill
5:00 pm
Mr Philip Hammond (Runnymede and Weybridge, Conservative)
The Minister will correct me if I am wrong, but my understanding is that the standing spending assessment indicates the amount that a local authority ought to spend in order to deliver services adequately. How will the Minister tell a local authority that he requires them to deliver a sum greater than their social services SSA for the purpose of financing a care trust or a partnership arrangement? How will Minister justify that? Is he saying that the SSA does not provide an adequate formula for determining the correct amount of spending?