The decision to invest further in social care this year is a direct reflection of the discussions that we have had with experts in the field. We held three round tables with local government, with providers and others, in order to listen to the challenges of the social care sector, and work out a way we can collaboratively respond to them. So, Welsh Government is providing extra funding—you’re correct in saying that—but we also require local government to commission services in a cost-effective way and to invest there. Also, there is an onus on providers themselves as well, in order to make social care the kind of career that people want to work in. It’s unacceptable at the moment that there is a third turnover in staff in the sector, and every time a new member of staff has to be appointed, it costs the provider £3,500, with all of the checks and the training and so on. So, it’s incumbent on all of us to work in partnership in order to ensure that we have sustainable and resilient social care for the future.

You referred to the increase in the cap on domiciliary care to £70 this year. That will give local authorities an extra £4 million on top of the other funding, to which I referred as well. I think it was a fair time to consider increasing that cap because the cap has been at £60 now for the last two years. So, I think that the increase is a reasonable increase to make.