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1123866

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2019
	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 timeframe is for (a) implementing policies to tackle the challenges facing the social care system and (b) the publication of the Green Paper on social care.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	249246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>As people live longer than ever before, sometimes with complex care needs, we need to ensure the social care system is sustainable in the longer term. The Government has committed to publishing a Green Paper setting out its proposals for reform and will bring forward ideas for including an element of risk pooling in the system, which will help to protect people from the highest costs.</p><p>The Green Paper remains a priority for the Government and will address a longstanding policy problem. We are continuing to work on it closely, taking the time to consult with key stakeholders and take their feedback into consideration. The Green Paper will be published at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/05/2019 14:24:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1123867

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2019
	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 ensure the adequacy of funding for the social care system.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	249247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government has given councils access to up to £3.9 billion for 2019-20. This includes a £240 million adult social care winter fund to help local authorities alleviate winter pressures on the National Health Service, getting patients home quicker and freeing up hospital beds across England.</p><p>As a result of these measures, funding available for adult social care is increasing by 9% in real terms from 2015-16 to 2019-20. This funding will allow councils to support more people and sustain a diverse care market while social care funding for future years will be settled in the Spending Review, where the overall approach to funding local government will be considered in the round.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/05/2019 14:23:32 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1123870

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2019
	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 make it his policy to ensure that the provision of social care is based on the needs of the individual.
	tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
	tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
	uin	249250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>Government policy and the law in the form of the Care Act 2014 should ensure that the provision of social care is based on the needs of the individual.</p><p>The Care Act 2014 puts people’s wellbeing at the heart of care and support. In practice, the guidance requires that local authorities should ensure that where they arrange services, the assessed needs of a person with eligible care and support needs is translated into effective, appropriate, commissioned services that are adequately resourced.</p><p>People who are eligible for social care from their local authority can receive a personal budget to pay for the care and support services they choose for their needs; providing them with a personalised package that addresses their bespoke needs.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/05/2019 14:38:24 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1123634

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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 local authorities have a duty to identify the role of companion animals in an individual’s care and support plan and needs assessment.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	248692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>Personal budgets (particularly direct payments) are designed to be used flexibly and innovatively and so there should be no unreasonable restriction placed on the use of the payment, as long as it is being used to meet eligible care and support needs in line with the care and support plan agreed between those requiring care and their local team which includes healthcare professionals. The local authority then has a duty to ensure that their care meets the needs of the eligible person, and to continue to oversee that care to ensure it addresses the identified needs.</p><p>The Department does not make specific recommendations on what should be included in care and support plans, nor do we require local authorities to identify the role of companion animals. Instead, there are exclusions listed within the regulations. Taking this into account, it is the responsibility of clinicians and local teams, in co-operation with patients, their families and carers, to determine what will be included in the care and support plan.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 248694 248695 question first answered 08/05/2019 11:15:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1123695

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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 getting a cat as a pet is recommended to individuals as part of their individual care and support plan.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	248694
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>Personal budgets (particularly direct payments) are designed to be used flexibly and innovatively and so there should be no unreasonable restriction placed on the use of the payment, as long as it is being used to meet eligible care and support needs in line with the care and support plan agreed between those requiring care and their local team which includes healthcare professionals. The local authority then has a duty to ensure that their care meets the needs of the eligible person, and to continue to oversee that care to ensure it addresses the identified needs.</p><p>The Department does not make specific recommendations on what should be included in care and support plans, nor do we require local authorities to identify the role of companion animals. Instead, there are exclusions listed within the regulations. Taking this into account, it is the responsibility of clinicians and local teams, in co-operation with patients, their families and carers, to determine what will be included in the care and support plan.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 248692 248695 question first answered 08/05/2019 11:15:09 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1123700

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	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 his oral contribution of 7 January 2019, Official Report, column 69, for what reasons the Social Care Green Paper was not published before April 2019; and what his Department's timescale is for the publication of that document.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	248593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Green Paper remains a priority for the Government and will address a longstanding policy problem. The Green Paper will be published at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 02/05/2019 14:03:44 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1110577

	registered interest
	date	09/04/2019
	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 his Department’s has made on the timeframe for publishing the Green Paper on social care.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	242899
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>The Green Paper on adult social care remains a priority for this Government and we will be publishing the Green Paper at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 15/04/2019 16:08:20 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1108768

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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 his Department's timescale is for the publication of the social care Green Paper.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	239308
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>The Green Paper remains a priority for this Government and we will publish at the earliest opportunity.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/04/2019 11:16:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1077754

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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 publish the civil service briefing entitled Introduction to no deal adult social care planning, as reported by The Guardian on 26 February 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	226092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not comment on leaked documents.</p><p> </p><p>Information on a ‘no deal’ European Union exit planning for adult social care is available on GOV.UK at the following links:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-to-the-health-and-care-sector-preparations-for-a-potential-no-deal-brexit" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-to-the-health-and-care-sector-preparations-for-a-potential-no-deal-brexit</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/commissioners-and-providers-of-social-care-brexit-planning-update" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/commissioners-and-providers-of-social-care-brexit-planning-update</a></p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/03/2019 16:47:19 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1077755

	registered interest
	date	26/02/2019
	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 (a) briefings and (b) advice his Department has provided to social care providers on the potential effect on that sector of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	226093
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Ministers and the Department have written to social care providers and commissioners about the Government's preparations for a potential ‘no deal’ European Union exit, and about actions that providers and commissioners of social care services should take to prepare for, and manage, the risks of a ‘no deal’ EU exit scenario. This correspondence and guidance is available online on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 04/03/2019 16:43:16 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger