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1698907

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of her policies on social care on (a) staff recruitment and retention and (b) service user outcomes.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	20683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>Preliminary findings for the Department's workforce reform programme have indicated that workers with multiple positive employment factors, including increasing access to training and qualifications, were more likely to stay in employment. Planned evaluation of the reforms will aim to measure the impact on intention to leave, and actual turnover, along with other outcomes.</p><p>We anticipate benefits from the workforce reform programme will include a reduction in staff turnover, improved quality of care from a better trained and more stable workforce, increased workforce productivity, and an increase in efficiency savings for social care providers as they reduce the amount of retraining and recruitment needed. These all contribute to our wider goals of improvements in the quality-of-care provision and improved access to care.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 15/04/2024 08:28:23 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1686026

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking with local authorities to increase levels of social care provision.
	tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
	tabling member printed	Richard Foord
	uin	12214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/02/2024 answer text <p>Local authorities are tasked with the duty to shape their care market and deliver a range of care and support services to meet the diverse needs of local people. To support with this, the Government has made a total of nearly £2 billion available to local authorities over two years through the Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund (MSIF) and MSIF Workforce Fund. Both are designed to support increased adult social care capacity, and support local authorities to make improvements to adult social care services.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/02/2024 12:58:45 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4942 label Biography information for Richard Foord

1672719

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what representations she has received on establishing a social care council.
	tabling member constituency	Ashford
	tabling member printed	Damian Green
	uin	3410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/11/2023 answer text <p>My officials and myself enjoy strong engagement with sector representatives and experts as we develop policy and deliver for the social care sector. We receive representations on a number of issues including on ideas for forums to hear from the social care workforce and shape policy, most recently on establishing a social care council, which my officials are following up on.</p><p> </p><p>We already engage workforce representatives on the creation, development, and implementation of our ambitious workforce reforms. Most recently, this includes co-developing a new career structure for care workers so that all staff can build their careers and are recognised for their skills, and one that reflects the realities of providing adult social care.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 30/11/2023 14:45:14 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

1669670

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring local authorities to use the same model for the commissioning of social care services.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
	tabling member printed	Alex Norris
	uin	1678
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>Under the Care Act, local authorities are tasked with the duty to shape their care market to ensure a diverse range of high-quality person-centred care and ensure that support services are provided to meet the needs of the local population. We recognise that this is challenging, and the Government intends to develop a set of national commissioning standards, to set clear expectations of what good commissioning looks like and to drive greater consistency across the country. We are also investing in a new training offer for senior commissioners, to enhance strategic leadership capability and ensure they have the skills they need to shape their markets well. <br> <br> We recently published the Market Sustainability Insights Report, which summaries some of the approaches local authorities in England are taking to building sustainable and innovative care markets. It is designed to be a supportive tool for local authority commissioners and it is available at the following link:<br> <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-market-sustainability-plans-insights-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-market-sustainability-plans-insights-report</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 20/11/2023 12:14:53 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

1668874

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to take steps to increase the levels of English language proficiency required to provide social care services.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	1106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2023 answer text <p>Care providers have a responsibility to ensure their chosen candidates have the right skills to work in care. As part of this, they should assess a candidate’s English language proficiency at the interview stage of the recruitment process. This applies to both candidates from overseas who they will be offering sponsorship to, and candidates already in the UK, if English is not their first language.</p><p>For staff who are recruited from overseas, English language proficiency requirements are set by the Home Office, as a condition to qualifying for a Skilled worker visa, including care workers and senior care workers on the Health and Care Worker visa. Individuals from overseas must be able to prove they can speak, read, write and understand English to at least level B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) scale. The framework can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages/table-1-cefr-3.3-common-reference-levels-global-scale" target="_blank">https://www.coe.int/en/web/common-european-framework-reference-languages/table-1-cefr-3.3-common-reference-levels-global-scale</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 19/12/2023 15:52:51 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1667848

	registered interest
	date	07/11/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has issued recent guidance to local authorities on the level of social care they should provide before requesting the NHS to take responsibility for patient care.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
	uin	512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>No such recent guidance has been issued. The National Framework for NHS Continuing Healthcare and NHS-funded Nursing Care was last updated in 2022, and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-framework-for-nhs-continuing-healthcare-and-nhs-funded-nursing-care" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-framework-for-nhs-continuing-healthcare-and-nhs-funded-nursing-care</a></p><p>Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities must assess any adult where it appears the adult may have needs for care and support. Where an individual has healthcare needs such that it appears they may be eligible for NHS Continuing Healthcare (CHC), the local authority must refer the individual to the National Health Service, who may assess them. Where an individual has been assessed as having a ‘primary health need’ following a CHC assessment the NHS funds their healthcare and associated social care needs in any non-acute setting. If a person is not eligible for CHC, they may potentially receive NHS-funded Nursing Care or a joint package of health and social care which is funded by both the NHS and the local authority.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/11/2023 13:18:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1654140

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what criteria social service departments use to assess the (1) need, and (2) means, of applicants for social care.
	tabling member printed	Lord Turnberg
	uin	HL9472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2023 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing individuals’ care and support needs and, where eligible, for meeting those needs. Where individuals do not meet the eligibility threshold, they can get support from their local authorities in making their own arrangements for care services, as set out in the Care Act 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Eligible needs are those which relate to, for example, maintaining personal hygiene and nutrition, and maintaining and developing relationships, and which significantly impact on the adult’s wellbeing. Full details of the eligibility requirements can be found in The Care and Support (Eligibility Criteria) Regulations 2014.</p><p> </p><p>We do not currently hold data on how many applications for social care have been assessed for need. Through a new data collection, Client Level Data, we are beginning to collect event-level information from local authorities on adult social care activity. This will include records of assessment of eligible needs and the funding status of local authority-commissioned services.</p><p> </p><p>To assess means, local authorities must follow The Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) Regulations 2014 and have regard to the Care and Support Statutory (CASS) guidance. The responsibility for interpreting and applying the Regulations and the CASS guidance rests with local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Whether or not a person qualifies for any financial support towards their care costs depends on their capital assets as follows: anyone who has above the upper capital limit of £23,250 is expected to meet the full cost of their care; anyone who has below the lower capital limit of £14,250 pays what they can afford from income only; and anyone between the above two limits pays what they can afford from income plus a contribution from their assets.</p><p> </p><p>A means-tested contribution from assets is determined by tariff income, which assumes that a person can afford to pay £1 per week for every £250 of assets between the limits. In 2021/22 there were almost 1,978,550 requests for support from new clients received by local authorities. Data on the funding of means testing done in the past 10 years is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham grouped question UIN HL9474 question first answered 24/07/2023 14:24:05 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	2537 label Biography information for Lord Turnberg

1644494

	registered interest
	date	13/06/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government whether the upcoming workforce strategy for social care will implement recommendations contained in the Delivery Plan for Recovering Access to Primary Care, published by the NHS Confederation on 9 May, including (1) support for pharmacists to implement the Pharmacy First initiative, and (2) additional locum cover for GPs as they transition into 'modern General Practices'.
	tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of London
	uin	HL8443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2023 answer text <p>In December 2021, we published our People at the Heart of Care white paper, setting out our vision for reforming adult social care, including our strategy for the care workforce. There is no plan to publish a further workforce strategy for adult social care.</p><p> </p><p>To support the National Health Service workforce, we have published the NHS Long Term Workforce Plan, which sets out the steps the NHS and its partners need to take to deliver an NHS workforce that meets the changing needs of the population over the next 15 years. It will put the NHS workforce on a sustainable footing for the long term.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 10/07/2023 15:15:28 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	4696 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of London

1642377

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to reform the social care charging system.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	188067
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2023 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to delivering adult social care charging reform, which will include the introduction of a cap on personal care costs and a significant expansion of the means test. As announced in the Autumn Statement, we have listened to the concerns of local Government and taken the difficult decision to delay the planned reforms. The funding has been retained in local authority budgets to help them meet current pressures.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 15/06/2023 13:04:27 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1587493

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to adult social care in (a) Romford constituency, (b) the London Borough of Havering and (c) the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	148537
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is making available up to £7.5 billion in additional funding over two years to support adult social care and discharge in England with up to £2.8 billion available in 2023/24 and up to £4.7 billion in 2024/25. The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2023/24 was published on 6 February 2023, and includes details of all grant funding available to all English local authorities to support adult social care and discharge, including Havering Council.</p><p>The department does not hold data on funding provided at constituency level. Alongside additional funding, from April, the Care Quality Commission will begin to assess all local authorities’ delivery of their adult social care duties. This will help drive quality and better outcomes, including accessibility, for those drawing on care and support.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 01/03/2023 14:15:52 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1583469

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what is the latest information they have, by financial year, on (1) adult social care providers handing back contracts to local authorities, (2) the number of new residential and nursing home care providers being registered, (3) the rise or fall in the registration of new home care providers, and (4) the number of people waiting to be assessed for adult social care.
	tabling member printed	Lord Warner
	uin	HL5378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2023 answer text <p>The commissioning of care and support services is a matter for local authorities. The Department does not have oversight of contract hand backs, with local authorities being used to manage entry and exit of care providers in the market and having appropriate plans in place to minimise any disruption to services.</p><p>The Care Quality Commission notes that from financial years 2017/18 to 2022/23, there was a net overall increase of 79,081 beds. 4,151 care homes were registered in this period, with 3,126 care homes unregistered, leading to a net increase of 1,025 care homes. 8,764 home care providers were registered in the same period, with 3,640 home care providers unregistered, meaning a net increase of 5,124 home care providers.</p><p>The Department does not hold adult social care assessment data centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 13/02/2023 15:02:55 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
	tabling member	1732 label Biography information for Lord Warner

1566358

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of excluding the daily living component of Personal Independence Payment, the care component of DLA, Attendance Allowance and disability premiums in social security means-tested benefits from income for the purpose of charging for care in community on (a) the quality of life and incomes levels among social care recipients, including people with disabilities of working age with high support needs and (b) local authority budgets.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	122265
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 18/01/2023 12:43:03 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1565845

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to (a) recruit staff to fill vacancies in the social care sector and (b) ensure high standards of care in that sector.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	120983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>In February 2022, we made care workers eligible for the Health and Care Visa and added them to the Shortage Occupation list. We are also investing £15 million to further boost overseas recruitment opportunities. We are running a national recruitment campaign, with continuous activity across jobs boards, video on demand, digital audio, radio and social media until 31 March. We are also making available £500 million to support safe and timely discharges from hospital. Where appropriate local areas can use this funding for measures related specifically to the recruitment and retention of care workers.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/01/2023 11:55:00 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1564424

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help enable local authorities to provide more adult social care for patients in hospitals who cannot be discharged due to a lack of social care.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	117758
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>In September the Government announced the £500 million Adult Social Care Discharge Fund to support timely and safe discharge from hospital into the community. The funding has been split between local authorities and National Health Service integrated care boards (ICBs). All the funding will be pooled through the Better Care Fund, with local authorities and ICBs jointly planning how it should be spent.</p><p>On 9 January 2023, the Government announced £200 million in new funding for the NHS to buy thousands of extra beds in care homes and other settings to help discharge more patients who are fit to leave hospital and free up hospital beds for those who need them. This additional funding will be allocated to ICBs and we expect they will work with local authorities to identify where the new capacity is most needed.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/01/2023 14:50:21 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1564425

	registered interest
	date	06/01/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities on increasing social care capacity.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	117759
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2023 answer text <p>Officials and ministers from the Department of Health and Social Care and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities regularly meet with local authorities and their representatives to discuss social care capacity.</p><p>We have announced a £500 million discharge fund for this winter that can be used flexibly by local areas to speed up safe discharge and support workforce capacity. On 9 January, we announced an additional £200 million fund specifically for short term care, to allow local areas to buy thousands of extra beds in care homes and other settings and to invest flexibly in other forms of step-down bedded care.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/01/2023 11:48:57 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1535767

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment her Department has made on the potential merit of local authorities providing adult social care services based on an in-house, insourced service model.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	71298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2022 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for the commissioning of care and support services to meet the needs of the local population. The Health and Care Act 2022 includes provisions for the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to assess the performance of local authorities' of delivery adult social care duties, as set out under the Care Act 2014. The CQC has been working with local government and the care sector to develop a framework for these assessments, which includes consideration of how local authorities undertake commissioning and market shaping duties.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/11/2022 17:43:34 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 29730 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1506967

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to reduce the time taken to transfer people waiting to be discharged from hospital to adult social care settings.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	51750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government is allocating an additional £500 million for social care this winter to support the safe discharge of patients from hospital, including by increasing capacity in the social care workforce. This funding is in addition to the ‘100-day discharge challenge’ launched in early July 2022 to reassert best practice through 10 priority discharge activities in all hospitals.</p> answering member constituency Harborough answering member printed Neil O'Brien question first answered 23/09/2022 10:51:34 answering member 4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1470475

	registered interest
	date	14/06/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, and if so how, they measure changes over time in the supply of domiciliary social care relative to local need in each upper tier local authority in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Stevens of Birmingham
	uin	HL967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/06/2022 answer text <p>The Department does not measure the supply of domiciliary care relative to local need in local authorities in England. The Care Act 2014 recognises that local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the care and support needs of the local population. Local authorities have a duty to shape care markets to ensure that a diverse range of high quality, sustainable, person-centred care and support services is provided. The Department monitors the number of domiciliary care agencies at national, regional and local authority level using monthly data collected by the Care Quality Commission.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 28/06/2022 15:17:08 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
	tabling member	4924 label Biography information for Lord Stevens of Birmingham

1465752

	registered interest
	date	25/05/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has plans to (a) introduce a zero social care cap for people under 40, (b) raise the minimum income guarantee in the social care means test or (c) abolish social care charges.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	9072
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2022 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are no plans to introduce a zero social care cap for people aged under 40 years old or to abolish social care charges. The level of the minimum income guarantee is reviewed on an annual basis and it was increased on 6 April 2022 in line with inflation. The revised rates are set out in The Care and Support (Charging and Assessment of Resources) (Amendment) Regulations 2022.</p><p>From October 2023, the Government is introducing a cap on care costs and more generous means testing limits to allow more people to receive financial support with the cost of their care. The £86,000 cap on personal care costs is universal, regardless of an individual’s age, region or wealth. This will ensure that no-one will face unpredictable or unlimited care costs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 07/06/2022 14:05:27 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1459330

	registered interest
	date	21/04/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities on support for those bodies to help address shortages in the social care system.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	157425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2022 answer text <p>Supporting hospital flow and reducing delayed discharges requires a whole system approach across the National Health Service, adult social care, housing, the voluntary sector and others. Hospital discharge services are therefore supported by staff across a range of health and social care professions in England and in York.</p><p>We have committed at least £500 million to develop the social care workforce, including for training places and for initiatives to improve wellbeing. We are also promoting adult social care careers through national recruitment campaigns, such as ‘Made with Care’ which ran between November 2021 and 31 March 2022. A further campaign for 2022/23 is in development. We are also working with the Department of Work and Pensions to promote adult social care careers to jobseekers. Care workers have been made eligible for the Health and Care Visa and added to the Shortage Occupation List to allow social care employers to recruit eligible workers from overseas.</p><p>In winter 2021/22, we made £462.5 million available to local authorities to increase workforce capacity via the Workforce Recruitment and Retention Funds, including £1,410,240 allocated to York. We have regular discussions with stakeholders, including local government representatives, on a range of issues including the adult social care workforce.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan grouped question UIN 157422 157423 question first answered 27/04/2022 11:28:00 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1454909

	registered interest
	date	28/03/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress has been made on the development of practice guidance aimed at local authority adult safeguarding teams to bring local practice in line across the England.
	tabling member constituency	Ipswich
	tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
	uin	148395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2022 answer text <p>In January 2022, the Chief Social Worker for Adults published an independent briefing ‘Revisiting safeguarding practice' to support social workers and other local authority adult safeguarding practitioners to carry out their duties effectively under the Care Act 2014.</p><p>We are also preparing to introduce a new duty for the Care Quality Commission to assess local authorities’ delivery of adult social care duties under Part 1 of the Care Act as part of the Health and Care Bill, which we anticipate will include adult safeguarding. These assessments will provide a greater understanding of practice and provision at local level and enable good practice to be shared nationally.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 31/03/2022 12:36:31 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1454007

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has conducted financial modelling to support proposals to allow self-funders to arrange care at council rates.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	146725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2022 answer text <p>From October 2023, we will enable more self-funders in care homes to ask their local authority to arrange their care by further commencing Section 18(3) of the Care Act 2014. The impact assessment, published in January 2022, presents the impacts of these changes, which will vary across local markets and will depend on local circumstances, such as the number of self-funders and the extent to which top-ups are utilised to support user choice. We are currently seeking views on the introduction of this policy via the ‘Operational guidance to implement a lifetime cap on care costs’ consultation, which is open until 1 April 2022.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 28/03/2022 12:02:51 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1436059

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made, if any, of the number of recipients of social care in England who (1) required, and (2) received, night-time care packages, in (a) 2018, (b) 2019, (c) 2020, and (d) 2021.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
	uin	HL6435
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2022 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 03/03/2022 17:31:30 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
	tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1421956

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the timetable is for the adult social care data framework in spring 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	122722
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to publishing a data framework for adult social care in spring 2022. Prior to publication, we are engaging with stakeholders across the adult social care sector on data needs and the standards that future collections should adhere to, which will be reflected in the framework.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 22/02/2022 11:45:34 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1421957

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress he has on the development of an easily accessible social care data sharing solution for local authorities and care providers.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	122723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2022 answer text <p>Prior to development of this solution, the Department will be undertaking an exercise with the sector in spring 2022 to better understand its data requirements.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 22/02/2022 11:42:27 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1403742

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide a long-term solution to social care.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
	uin	905091
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>Last year, we announced an additional £5.4 billion over three years to begin a comprehensive social care reform programme.</p><p>This includes £3.6 billion to reform the social care charging system protecting everybody from unlimited and unfair costs and £1.7 billion to begin major improvements across the social care system.</p><p>In December we published a white paper that set out our 10-year vision for reforming adult social care and our priorities for that investment.</p><p>This includes at least £500 million investment to support the development and wellbeing of the social care workforce, a £300 million investment in increasing the range of supported housing and £150 million to improve technology and digital records.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 18/01/2022 16:53:38 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1402369

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the number of adults under 65 using social care.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	102670
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>At the end of 2020/21, there were 256,215 clients aged 18 to 64 years old in receipt of local authority commissioned long-term care.</p><p>While an end of year figure for those receiving short-term care is not held, there were 25,965 clients aged 18 to 64 years old who received short-term care to maximise independence during 2020/21. This is defined as episodes of support provided that are intended to be time-limited, to maximise the independence of the individual and reduce or eliminate their need for ongoing support by local authorities. Data on the number of people in this group are not collected at a national level.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 20/01/2022 10:21:42 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1402370

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the number of adults requiring care who currently have unmet needs.
	tabling member constituency	Bristol South
	tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
	uin	102671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2022 answer text <p>No specific assessment has been made. Local authorities are responsible for assessing individuals' eligibility for care and support as stated in the Care Act 2014 and, where the individual is eligible for financial support, for meeting those needs. Where individuals are not eligible for financial support, local authorities may assist them to make arrangements for care. The assurance framework, being delivered through the Health and Social Care Bill, includes a new duty for the Care Quality Commission make an assessment of local authorities’ delivery of adult social care duties.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 20/01/2022 10:20:20 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

1386697

	registered interest
	date	09/12/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to increase capacity in the social care sector over the next four months.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	90454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2021 answer text <p>On 10 December we announced £300 million to support local authorities and care providers recruit and retain care staff through the winter. This funding will enhance the existing £162.5 million Workforce Recruitment and Retention Fund, which was announced on 21 October. The latest phase of our adult social care national recruitment campaign was launched in early November and will run until March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 15/12/2021 13:12:50 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1383179

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of (1) the survey by the Association of Directors in Adult Social Services, published on 29 November, and (2) in particular, the findings that (a) almost 400,000 people are now waiting for an assessment of their needs, and (b) more than 1.5 million hours of commissioned home care could not be provided between August and September because of a lack of staff.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL4479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2022 answer text <p>We have noted the results of this survey, which improves the evidence base for the demand for social care and current issues of concern to local authority leaders in the sector. Local authorities are responsible for assessing an individual’s eligibility for care and support and for meeting care needs in their local area. On 10 December 2021 we announced £300 million to support local authorities and care providers to recruit and retain staff through winter. This is in addition to the existing £162.5 million Workforce Recruitment and Retention Fund. We have also launched a new phase of our national recruitment campaign which will run until March 2022.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 17/01/2022 12:27:08 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath

1379334

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to publish a social care plan.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	76649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2021 answer text <p>We are working with care users, providers and other partners to develop these plans and will publish further detail in a white paper for reform later this year.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 25/11/2021 10:45:35 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1363493

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he is having with the social care sector on (a) staffing levels, (b) funding and (c) impacts of covid-19 as part of a winter plan for social care.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	63802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>The Adult Social Care: Winter Plan 2021 to 2022 will be published shortly and draws on the recommendations of the stakeholder-led review of last year’s Winter Plan. We hold weekly discussions with adult social care employers, representative organisations and local authorities about issues affecting the sector, including staffing levels, funding and wider impacts of COVID-19.</p><p>We are investing over £550 million until 31 March 2022 to support the implementation of measures to support the adult social care sector in the Winter Plan. This includes a £388.3 million extension to the Infection Control and Testing Fund and £162.5 million through the new Workforce Recruitment and Retention Fund. This brings specific funding for adult social care to more than £2.5 billion during the pandemic.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 02/11/2021 16:35:41 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1363494

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will set out a timeframe for publishing a 2021-22 winter plan for social care.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	63803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>The Adult Social Care: Winter plan 2021 to 2022 will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 02/11/2021 16:40:49 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1358798

	registered interest
	date	11/10/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the provision of social care for (1) the elderly, and (2) physically and mentally impaired people, at a (a) local, (b) regional, and (c) national, level.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
	uin	HL2938
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department has not made a specific assessment. However, the Adult Social Care Outcomes Framework (ASCOF), provides a consistent basis for local accountability and for measuring the outcomes and experience of people who use social care services, including people over 65 years old, younger adults, adults with a learning disability and adults in contact with secondary mental health services.</p><p>The ASCOF figures are available at local authority, regional, and national level and is used to measure progress, set priorities for care and support and strengthen transparency and accountability. The Government does not seek to performance manage councils in relation to any of the measures set out in this Framework. The ASCOF informs and supports improvement led by the sector itself, underpinned by strengthened transparency and local accountability.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 21/10/2021 11:25:53 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
	tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1358019

	registered interest
	date	23/09/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to findings of the rapid survey by the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, published on 8 September 2021, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding that the number of people who have been waiting more than six months for an assessment of their care needs has increased by 57 per cent over the last three months to 11,000 people.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	53855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing an individual’s eligibility for care and support as set out in the Care Act 2014 and where the individual is eligible for financial support, for meeting those needs.</p><p> </p><p>The forthcoming Health and Care Bill will set out the Department’s plans to develop an enhanced assurance framework to support improved social care outcomes, identify and share best practice and build on existing sector-led support and improvement programmes. This includes powers to collect improved data and a new duty for the Care Quality Commission to assess local authorities’ delivery of their adult social care duties to help drive quality and outcomes for care users.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 18/10/2021 09:27:18 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1357128

	registered interest
	date	21/09/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2021 to Question 37509 NHS: Emergencies, for what reason the Government does not collect Operational Pressures Escalation Levels data in order to monitor pressures across the care system.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	52529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2021 answer text <p>Operational Pressures Escalation Levels (OPEL) is a method used by the National Health Service to measure the stress, demand and pressure a hospital is under rather than social care systems.</p><p>Care Quality Commission-registered care homes and home care providers in the adult social care sector are monitored through the Capacity Tracker which collects data on workforce, personal protective equipment status, designated setting vacancies, infection prevention and control measures in place and vaccine rates for COVID-19 and flu. The Department also works with local authorities and social care providers to share data via its dashboard and regional teams to ensure that systems are prepared if pressures on services rise. If a trust is raised to OPEL 3 or 4, any potential resulting pressures on social care could be reflected in these monitoring systems.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 11/10/2021 11:58:16 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1349198

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many local authorities are in Operational Pressures Escalation Levels (a) 3 (b) 4.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	37509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information centrally.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/09/2021 09:39:13 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1349200

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take in the event that social care systems are placed in Operational Pressures Escalation Levels (a) 3 and (b) 4.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	37510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>Operational Pressures Escalation Levels (OPEL) is a method used by the NHS to measure the stress, demand, and pressure a hospital is under. OPEL is not used to measure the stress, demand, and/or pressure a social care system is under.</p><p>Local authorities are responsible for meeting eligible social care needs for people in their local area. The Department’s regional assurance team works with local authorities to assess and anticipate risks in local areas. If a Trust is raised to OPEL 3 or 4, the Department will provide support to ensure that the local social care system will work effectively with the Trust to manage demand. We also monitor pressures in the adult social care sector through the Capacity Tracker which collects data on workforce, PPE status, and vaccine uptake for COVID-19 and flu. The Department shares data via its dashboard to ensure that systems are prepared if pressures on services become high. If a Trust is raised to OPEL 3 or 4, any potential resulting pressures on social care could be reflected in these monitoring systems.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/09/2021 09:47:25 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1349220

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve access to adult social care.
	tabling member constituency	Putney
	tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
	uin	37606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing an individual’s eligibility for care and support as set out in the Care Act 2014 and where the individual is eligible for financial support, for meeting those needs. Where individuals are not eligible for financial support, local authorities will support them, should they require assistance, to make their own arrangements for care services.</p><p>The forthcoming Health and Care Bill will introduce the Department’s plans to develop an enhanced assurance framework to improve adult social care oversight across England. This includes a new duty for the Care Quality Commission to review and make an assessment of local authorities’ delivery of their adult social care duties to help drive quality and outcomes for care users.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 06/09/2021 11:40:18 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1348630

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the preparedness of the social care sector for surges in covid-19 and other respiratory diseases in winter 2021; and what contingency planning his Department is undertaking to support that sector.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	36700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>We are working closely with the adult social care sector to prepare for winter, building on the lessons learned throughout the pandemic and in line with clinical advice from Public Health England and the Scientific Advisory Group on Emergencies.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 06/09/2021 11:16:29 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1348807

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has taken steps to investigate reports of social care companies managed by people who have had multiple business failures.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	36675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Service providers must register with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and as part of its registration process, the CQC must be satisfied about their fitness and compliance with the requirements of the relevant regulations and enactments. There is no scope within the Regulations for the CQC to assess whether an applicant has had multiple business failures prior to applying, unless they have been registered previously under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 or predecessor legislation. In such cases their regulatory history is taken into account when assessing a new application for registration.</p><p>Providers have a duty to have a ‘fit and proper’ person in director level roles and the CQC assesses a provider’s compliance with this as part of its regulatory role. The CQC does not assess directors directly but considers how the provider has appointed them and the checks they have made. Once registered, the CQC can further explore issues relating to character and conduct but has no scope to take regulatory action unless there has been a breach of the Regulations and there are concerns around the safety of residents and service users. In cases where concerns are identified, the CQC will use its enforcement powers on a proportionate basis, in line with its enforcement policy.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 06/09/2021 11:32:36 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1347599

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they plan to take to tackle (1) rising demand, (2) rising costs, and (3) rent-seeking behaviours, in the adult social care sector, as identified by the APPG on Limits to Growth report Tacking growth dependency – the case of adult social care, published on 13 July.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle
	uin	HL2057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to reforming the adult social care system and will bring forward proposals in 2021.</p><p>We are working closely with local and national partners to ensure our approach to reform is informed by diverse perspectives, including of those with lived experience of the care sector.</p> answering member printed Lord Bethell question first answered 20/07/2021 14:13:00 answering member 4708 label Biography information for Lord Bethell
	tabling member	4719 label Biography information for Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle

1344212

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of publishing a Social Care People Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Battersea
	tabling member printed	Marsha De Cordova
	uin	28322
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2021 answer text <p>We are engaging with frontline staff, sector leaders and our partners on how we can best support those who work in social care through professionalisation, wellbeing and recognition.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 29/07/2021 16:46:19 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4676 label Biography information for Marsha De Cordova

1342365

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 24 July to Questions 18543 and 18545 on Vision Impairment: Rehabilitation, whether specific reference to local authority tertiary rehabilitation services, as set out in Care and Support Statutory Guidance, will be included as a new responsibility for the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to monitor and inspect as part of the CQC's assessments of local authorities’ delivery of adult social care duties.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	uin	25075
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2021 answer text <p>The Health and Care Bill will introduce a new duty for the Care Quality Commission to review and make an assessment of how local authorities are undertaking their adult social care duties to drive quality and outcomes for people across England. The assessment function is in the early stage of development and the Department will work with a wide range of stakeholders across the sector to inform detailed system design and practice.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 07/07/2021 10:56:16 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1339575

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what cross-party discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had on the Social Care Plan to date; when those discussions took place; and what further discussions are planned.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	21286
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2021 answer text <p>My Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State wrote to Parliamentarians in March 2020 initiate cross-party discussions. These discussions were paused as a result of COVID-19. I met members of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Adult Social Care to discuss priorities for reform and held roundtables with hon. Members regarding the adult social care elements of the Health and Care Bill.</p><p>The Government will continue to listen to views from hon. Members on improving social care. We will bring forward proposals for social care reform later in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 29/06/2021 10:30:22 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 9882 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1331338

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people who have unmet care needs in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure those care needs are met.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
	tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
	uin	13084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2021 answer text <p>We have not made a recent assessment. Local authorities are responsible for assessing individual’s eligibility for care and support as set out in the Care Act 2014 and where the individual is eligible for financial support, for meeting those needs. Where individuals are not eligible for financial support, local authorities may support individuals to make arrangements for care.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 17/06/2021 10:42:42 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 6345 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1329604

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the frequency with which he expects to use the reformed intervention powers set out in Point 5.84 of the Health and Social Care White Paper.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Munira Wilson
	uin	10675
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2021 answer text <p>The reconfiguration proposal creates a new call-in power which allows the Secretary of State to intervene at any point of the reconfiguration process.</p><p>We expect the current local process to continue to apply in most instances. However, there are a minority of cases, where there is a significant cause for public concern or it is particularly complex, which may benefit from Ministerial intervention.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 09/06/2021 16:35:14 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
	tabling member	4776 label Biography information for Munira Wilson

1313201

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 21 April 2021 to Question 179648 on Social Services: Conditions of Employment, when the Government plans to bring forward its plans for workforce reform in 2021; and what plans the Government has to ensure that local authorities have adequate funding for the provision of adult social care.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield North
	tabling member printed	Feryal Clark
	uin	509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>We will bring forward proposals for reform, including workforce plans, later this year.</p><p>Throughout the pandemic, we have provided almost £1.8 billion in specific funding for adult social care and we are providing local authorities with access to over £1 billion of additional funding for social care in 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/05/2021 09:57:09 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4822 label Biography information for Feryal Clark

1313289

	registered interest
	date	11/05/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 10 March 2021 to Question 163234 on Social Services, whether he plans to publish the proposed legislation before the House rises for summer recess.
	tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
	tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
	uin	247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The legislative measures in the Health and Care Bill White Paper are a critical first step in wider reform in the adult social care sector. However, our commitment to the reform of social care extends beyond this legislation and we will bring forward further proposals in 2021.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 18/05/2021 08:59:56 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 409 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1299650

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2021
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to publish a social care Green Paper in 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
	tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
	uin	163234
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to the improvement of the adult social care system and will bring forward proposals later this year.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/03/2021 14:53:58 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 88720 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
	tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris