The question was not directly answered. Cllr Pauline Church, Wiltshire Council, Cabinet Member for Finance and Procurement said, “The Cabinet is proposing that the Council apply the full 3% Adult Social Care precept 2021/22 as a mechanism to fund the growth in demand for Adult Social Care. If it elects to do so this would raise £8.5m. This would be used entirely for Adult Social Care. “The Cabinet is also proposing significant investment in Adult Social Care 2021/22, amounting to £8.6m, and which would be almost entirely financed by the precept. There are four broad areas of investment, and these are; “Rising demand from a growing elderly population, a growing number of children with complex disabilities surviving into adulthood and the increased complexity of needs of people who require support is estimated to cost £3.9m.
File photo dated 26/01/18 of UK five pound, ten pound, twenty pound and fifty pound notes with one pound coins. AN INCREASE in basic council tax has been proposed as part of a plan to boost Wiltshire’s recovery following an “unprecedented year”. Wiltshire Council’s cabinet has outlined £412m proposals to help the county bounce back in a budget for 2021 – including setting aside a £4m fund over four years to support market towns hit hard by Covid. Alongside a 1.99 per cent increase in council tax, the council is also proposing a £6.6m allocation for investment in Children’s Social Care, a three per cent levy specifically for Adult Social Care, £2.6m more for waste services, and reversing a planned £1m reduction in Public Health funding.