A Health and Social Care Levy

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 1:34 pm on 17 November 2021.

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Photo of Rebecca Evans Rebecca Evans Labour 1:34, 17 November 2021

That is an interesting and important question, because we absolutely recognise that pressures in social care have a direct impact on NHS services and we're seeing some of that happening at the moment. It's interesting as well because, in terms of the national insurance contributions, the UK Government has suggested it will be putting the vast majority of that into health services rather than social services in the first instance. However, as I say, I'm having discussions with colleagues about the budget that we'll be publishing on 20 December, and I just want to reassure colleagues of the importance that we place on social services. We've already stated that we would look to give local government the best possible settlement because, of course, those services are mostly delivered through local government, although there is usually a contribution made from the health main expenditure group as well.