My hon. Friend will be aware that because of double damping Birmingham has experienced a shortfall of about £30 million in its grant allocation compared with its assessed need for social services spending. Does his announcement of the withdrawal of double damping mean that that gap will be eliminated, or at least substantially reduced? If so, that is good news, but if not, does he accept that there will continue to be considerable pressure on social care budgets?
Local Government Finance
Proceeding contribution from
Lynne Jones
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 6 December 2007.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Local Government Finance.
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