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The annual gross expenditure by the Council on Adult Social Services was more than £400m in 2021/22, with 87% of this spent directly with the care market. The Council’s budget for 2021/22 includes additional income from the 2% adult social care precept of £11.1m.
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Adult Social Care is expected to find a saving of £6.8m during 2022/23, £50,000 of which is expected to come from care in the home provision.
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Over the last four years Adult Social Care has had to make savings in the region of £41 million and has plans to make further savings of £2.4million in 2021/22.
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The actual costs of delivering services during COVID-19 have increased, but have been met, to date, from additional COVID-19 grant funding provided by the government. For Adult Social Services, the additional costs associated with managing the COVID-19 pandemic, come on top of a rising demand for social care and the need to change and adapt services to meet people’s needs and support them to stay independent, where they can.
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All of this is set against a backdrop of settlement funding allocations beyond the current year (2022/23) being unknown and key reforms to local government funding including the Fair Funding Review, Business Rates localisation, and reform of adult social care funding being repeatedly delayed.
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Despite this uncertainty, the Council remains committed to its vision – to support people to be independent, resilient, and well.