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We asked the Department what the £500 million Adult Social Care Discharge Fund would achieve. It informed us this funding would be used primarily for measures to support discharge from hospitals into social care, with an expectation that much would be focussed on the domiciliary care workforce.73 The Department also noted this funding would be used differently in different places, and that it was for local authority and NHS partners within ICSs to decide, through place-based decision-making, how best to deploy resources for the greatest impact in their areas.74 62 Qq 74, 78, 88–90 63 HM Treasury, Autumn Statement 2022, 17 November 2022 64 Q 104, C&AG’s Report, para 2.35–2.36, ICS0012 65 C&AG’s Report, para 2.37, Q104 66 Q 133, C&AG’s Report, para 2.37 67 Q 104 68 Q 104, C&AG’s Report, para 3.9 69 C&AG’s Report, para 2.38 70 Q 104 71 ICS0013 72 C&AG’s Report, para 2.36, ICS0012 73 Q 134–136 74 Q 137 16 Introducing Integrated Care Systems