Homecare Association response to Public Accounts Committee Inquiry on Local Government Finance
The Homecare Association has responded to the Public Accounts Committee's call for evidence in relation to Local Government Finance. The submission invites the Committee to explore, with relevant officials, the following six questions:
- What did the Government consider in its impact assessment of the Autumn Budget measures in relation to social care?
- What evidence is there that the deficit identified in the Fair Cost of Care exercises has been addressed? Is this evidence convincing? What are the plans to address this?
- How does the Government plan to account for predictable increasing need for social care services?
- How well does the Government understand the human and financial risks associated with provider failure in the social care sector?
- How does the Government plan to estimate and meet social care costs arising from provisions in the Employment Rights Bill?
- What assurance does the Government have that underfunding social care is not making the Government complicit in modern slavery, negligence and labour exploitation?
