Andrew Stephenson – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Andrew Stephenson on 2014-06-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to improve respite care provisions in Pendle constituency.

Norman Lamb

We have provided £400 million to the National Health Service over four years from 2011 for carers to have breaks from their caring responsibilities.

In the 2013 Spending Review, we announced the £3.8 billion Better Care Fund, which includes £130 millionfunding for carers’ breaks for 2015-16.

In 2015-16, East Lancashire Clinical Commissioning Group will receive £8.1 million from the Better Care Fund.