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  Care Bill - New Clause 9 - Require Annual Report on Social Care Funding Levels
  
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  @ MP voted no not to require an annual report on the sufficiency of social care funding. 
  @ MP voted aye to require an annual report on the sufficiency of social care funding. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted not to require an annual report on the sufficiency of social care funding. 
  
  MPs were considering the Care Bill[1]. The proposed new clause rejected in this vote was:
  
  :(1) The [http://www.local.gov.uk/care-support-reform/-/journal_content/56/10180/5761639/ARTICLE Joint Care and Support Reform Programme Board] must inform the Secretary of State by an annual written report that it is satisfied whether sufficient funding is in place to ensure that social care is adequately funded and that the provisions in the Act can be implemented satisfactorily.
  
  :(2) In subsection (1), the âJoint Care and Support Reform Programme Boardâ means the board of that name consisting of representatives of (but not limited to): the Local Government Association, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and the Department of Health.
  
  :(3) The report mentioned in subsection (1) should include a statement of the satisfaction of the Joint Care and Support Reform Programme Board with (but not limited to)â
  
  :(a) adequacy of the funding of the provisions in this Act,
  :(b) on-going costs of implementation,
  :(c) an additional five yearly review of the short and medium term cost of setting the eligibility criteria at the level set out in regulations.
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2013-14/care.html Parliament's webpage on the Care Bill]
  
  
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