Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:47 pm on 30 January 2023.
We are dealing with that through additional funding—the £500 million for this winter. That relates to the point made by my right hon. Friend Theresa Villiers about the impact on the ground, which will be to give ICBs and local authorities discretion. Some of that £500 million is being spent on the workforce, including in social care, so there is discretion as to how they spend that. There is also the £2.8 billion of local authority and ICB funding that will be in place next year, and £4.7 billion the following year.