No NMW adjustment in local government settlement

Community Care Market News (News) December 1998The government has published details of its local government finance settlement for social services in 1999/2000. The total allocation to social services is £8791.8m, a 6% increase on the previous year. Main points are:* Personal Social Services (PSS) Standard Spending Assessments (SSA) will be £8268m. This is a 5.8%…