英格兰16个地方议会社会护理支出超过核心资金八成

英格兰地方议会对社会护理的财政压力持续加重。根据政府数据分析，英格兰地方议会在2025-26年度将集中投入创纪录的71.9%核心支出用于成人和儿童社会护理服务1，其中16个议会的护理支出占比超过80%1。这笔投入总额达42.8亿英镑净支出1，其中成人社会护理占44.5%，儿童服务占27.4%1。

相比2017-18年度62.4%的比例，护理成本在核心预算中的占比增长了9.5个百分点1，反映出该领域资金需求的急剧上升。这一变化进一步挤压了地方议会用于其他公共服务的可用资金，加剧了英格兰基层公共服务的整体资金困境1。

English local authorities are dedicating a record proportion of their budgets to social care services, according to analysis of government data. In the 2025-26 financial year, sixteen councils are spending more than 80% of their core funding on social care, with local authorities collectively committing 71.9% of core expenditure to adult and children's social care services 1. This represents a significant increase from 62.4% in 2017-18, marking a 9.5 percentage point rise over the seven-year period 1.

Adult social care accounts for 44.5% of core expenditure, while children's services represent 27.4%, with authorities spending a net £4.28 billion on these combined services 1. The concentration of resources on social care has intensified the funding squeeze on other local public services, as councils struggle to balance competing demands within constrained budgets.