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678636

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of councils charging fees to undertake needs assessments for adult social care on people with social care needs; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
uin	61558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>The Care Act 2014 gives local authorities the power to charge for meeting needs for care and support or support but does not give them the power to charge for carrying out a needs assessment. The Care and Support Statutory Guidance makes clear that local authorities must not charge people for a needs assessment or the preparation of a care and support plan since these processes do not constitute meeting needs.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 30/01/2017 16:03:27 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

677446

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation his Department has conducted with disabled people as part of its review of social care.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	61222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department engages regularly with people with disabilities for example through its strategic partners programme. Last summer, the Department commissioned Think Local Act Personal to survey the views of those using social care, including disabled people, through their partner organisations as part of an ongoing evaluation of the Care Act 2014’s implementation. Think Local Act Personal are currently analysing the results of the survey for publication.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department of Health is working closely with the Department for Communities and Local Government, the Treasury, and the Cabinet Office on adult social care. Departments frequently work together on issues which affect multiple Departments and it is usual for the Cabinet Office to coordinate such work.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 31/01/2017 17:35:40 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

659578

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many meetings he has had in the last year with local authority leaders to discuss adult social care.
tabling member constituency	Bradford East
tabling member printed	Imran Hussain
uin	57890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2016 answer text <p>Social care continues to be a priority for this Government. My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State meets local social care partners on a regular basis to discuss a range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 20/12/2016 16:03:36 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4394 label Biography information for Imran Hussain

657898

registered interest
date	13/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that adequate levels of a wide range of adult social care is available in each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	57537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2016 answer text <p>Local councils are responsible for ensuring adequate provision of social care services for eligible users and carers in their area.</p><p> </p><p>However, social care is a key priority for this Government, and we are giving councils access to further funding to manage social care pressures in their local area across the next few years:</p><p>- Next year councils will be able to raise the precept by up to 3%, and 3% the year after (2018/19). This could raise £200 million in additional funding for adult social care in 2017/18 and over £400 million in 2018/19.</p><p>- The Government is also providing an additional £240 million to fund adult social care through the Adult Social Care Support Grant, funded by reforms to the New Homes Bonus.</p><p> </p><p>These new changes provide access to an additional £450 million for social care next year, following calls from the sector that funding was most needed in 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>Taken together with the funding announced in the autumn 2015 Spending Review, this means that local government will have access to the funding it needs to increase social care spending every year in this Parliament. The spending review gave councils the flexibility to introduce a 2% social care precept for adult social care, and access to additional funding for adult social care worth £1.5 billion by 2019/20 through the Better Care Fund, starting in April 2017.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Oxford West and Abingdon answering member printed Nicola Blackwood question first answered 16/12/2016 12:06:18 answering member 4019 label Biography information for Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

657025

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which organisation is responsible for the inspection and regulation of social care services commissioned and delivered by local authorities; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	57247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2016 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator of health and adult social care providers in England.</p><p> </p><p>All providers of regulated activities, including National Health Service and independent providers, have to register with CQC and follow a set of fundamental standards of safety and quality below which care should never fall.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 15/12/2016 10:18:21 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

643917

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make an assessment of the number of people requiring social care who do not receive such care.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	54787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2016 answer text <p>Social care is a means tested service. The Care Act 2014 requires that local authorities must assess any adult who appears to have a care and support need. Where a person has needs which do not meet the national eligibility criteria, as set out in the Care Act, their local authority must provide the person with information and advice on what support is available in the community to meet those needs.</p><p> </p><p>The Autumn 2015 Spending Review announced that local authorities who are responsible for social care would have the ability to raise additional funding to spend exclusively on adult social care. If all local authorities use this to its maximum effect it could raise nearly £2 billion a year by 2019-20. 95% of local authorities have taken up the precept in 2016-17, raising £382 million extra for social care this year, in line with the Office for Budget Responsibility forecast. In addition from 2017 the Spending Review made available new funds for social care services, rising to £1.5 billion by 2019-20. This will be made available to local authorities directly and is to be included in an improved Better Care Fund.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 54790 question first answered 30/11/2016 14:48:39 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

634028

registered interest
date	11/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the future level of demand for social care; and what steps he is taking to ensure that that level of demand can be met.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	52670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2016 answer text <p>Social care continues to be a key priority for the Government.</p><p> </p><p>The Spending Review as a whole looked at the pressures on local government over the Spending Review period and particular attention was paid to adult social care services. Spending Review decisions on social care services took into account a range of financial and economic factors, including independent academic modelling of future demand for services.</p><p> </p><p>As a result of the Spending Review announced in November 2015, the Government is giving local authorities access to up to £3.5 billion of new support for social care by 2019/20. This should mean local government has access to the funding to increase social care spending in real terms by the end of the Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>In addition the current Relative Needs Formula does take into account demographics and seeks to measure need for state-funded care, and thus takes into account population need, the proportion of the population who are below the income and wealth means test threshold and the level of informal care support available.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has commissioned a review of the formulae that we use for the Relative Needs Formula. This review is so that we can incorporate more recent and detailed data and statistical techniques. The researchers are currently writing up the research and this will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 52671 question first answered 21/11/2016 16:17:17 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

600989

registered interest
date	13/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to respond to the Care Quality Commission's finding that the adult social care sector is "approaching tipping point".
tabling member printed	Lord Birt
uin	HL2329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2016 answer text <p>We welcome <em>The</em> <em>state of health and adult social care in England in 2015/16</em> report from the Care Quality Commission. The independent regulator was set up to give a single authoritative account to the Department on issues such as this.</p><p> </p><p>The report shows that 70 per cent of adult social care services are rated good or better and that improvement is taking place all over the country.</p><p> </p><p>Social care is critical in enabling older people to retain their independence and dignity. This is why, against the context of tough public sector finances, the Government has taken steps to protect social care services. The Government is giving local authorities access to up to £3.5 billion of new support for social care by 2019/20. This will increase social care spending in real terms by the end of the Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Care Act, we have a reformed care system that means local authorities are in a better position to meet the care needs of people who need them most. Councils now have greater flexibility to arrange care, as well as give greater choice and control to individuals.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will continue to work with providers and their trade bodies, who have come together as a taskforce to understand financial challenges in the sector. The Department is also working to support local authorities meet their Care Act duties to improve commissioning and encourage an effective care market.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 25/10/2016 16:29:15 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name 20161013b_stateofcare1516_web.pdf title CQC State of Care Report
tabling member	2533 label Biography information for Lord Birt

595433

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of areas of the country with a relatively low level of social care provision; and what steps he plans to take to reduce that number.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	46884
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>There has been no estimate of the number of local authorities with low level of social care provision. Access to adult social care is based on the level of need an adult has and not on the number of users.</p><p>In April 2015, the Care Act 2014 introduced a national eligibility criteria for access to adult social care. The Act requires that local authorities must meet the needs of any adult whose needs meet this national criteria. Authorities cannot restrict eligibility beyond this threshold. This ensures that the most vulnerable adults have their eligible needs met.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 17/10/2016 15:59:40 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

542196

registered interest
date	21/07/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each local authority area were identified as having eligible care needs in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Faversham and Mid Kent
tabling member printed	Helen Whately
uin	43856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>In 2014-15 local authorities in England met the (long and short term) needs of over 1.1 million adults. NHS Digital publishes information on social care activity, including by individual local authority. The most recent report and data (2014-15) are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB18663" target="_blank">http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB18663</a></p><p> </p><p>Data for previous years are available at:</p><p> </p><p>Activity 2009-10 <a href="http://digital.nhs.uk/pubs/carestats0910asr" target="_blank">http://digital.nhs.uk/pubs/carestats0910asr</a></p><p>Activity 2010-11 <a href="http://digital.nhs.uk/pubs/finalcarestats1011ssa" target="_blank">http://digital.nhs.uk/pubs/finalcarestats1011ssa</a></p><p>Activity 2011-12 <a href="http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB10291" target="_blank">http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB10291</a></p><p>Activity 2012-13 <a href="http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB13148" target="_blank">http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB13148</a></p><p>Activity 2013-14 <a href="http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB16133" target="_blank">http://digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB16133</a></p><p> </p><p>In 2014-15 there were over 1.8 million requests for local authority support from new clients. NHS Digital does not collect information on how many of these referrals came from general practitioners.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Digital does not collect centrally data on the number of complaints relating to the needs assessment process, made under the Local Authority Social Services and National Health Services Complaints (England) Regulations 2009 in each local authority in England in each year since 2009-10.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat grouped question UIN 43857 43863 question first answered 05/09/2016 12:57:36 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately