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514510

	registered interest
	date	20/04/2016
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what role her Department had in the selection of appointed local authority heads of social services departments from 1985 to 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	34804
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has not had any involvement in appointing local authority heads of social services departments.</p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 28/04/2016 16:45:46 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 57219 answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

690493

	registered interest
	date	17/02/2017
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to publish the social justice green paper before the 2017 Budget statement.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	64250
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>Our green paper on social justice will be published in due course. It will set out our approach to tackling child poverty and disadvantage.</p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 22/02/2017 11:57:24 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

825551

	registered interest
	date	18/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to allow local authorities to use money raised via the social care precept for both adult and children's social care.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	123686
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>As set out at the Spending Review 2015 the social care precept gives local authorities who are responsible for social care the ability to raise new funding to spend exclusively on adult social care.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/01/2018 13:23:02 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

436274

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with which external stakeholders his Department has discussed contingency planning for provider failure in the social care market.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	19073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>In 2013, Government carried out a public consultation (‘Oversight in Adult Social Care’) on a detailed set of proposals for market oversight and provider failure.</p><br /><p>The feedback from stakeholders including individual local authorities, local authority membership organisations, individual care providers, provider representative organisations and commercial experts formed the basis of a number of reforms in the Care Act 2014 that ensures people do not go without the care they need when their providers’ business fails. This includes:</p><br /><ol><li>Duties on local authorities to temporarily meet the needs of individuals and their carers where their provider is unable to carry on because of business failure. Statutory guidance to support local authorities to discharge these functions was subject to a full public consultation and can be found at:</li></ol><br /><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/care-act-2014-statutory-guidance-for-implementation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/care-act-2014-statutory-guidance-for-implementation</a></p><br /><p>The Department also worked with the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, the Local Government Association, and the Local Government Information Unit (LGiU) to produce a guide to support local authorities to develop contingency plans for provider failure in the social care market. Numerous stakeholders, including local authorities, providers and insolvency practitioners were involved in the development of the guide and participated in the LGiU consultation exercises.</p><br /><p>The guidance can be found at:</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.lgiu.org.uk/report/care-and-continuity-guide/" target="_blank">http://www.lgiu.org.uk/report/care-and-continuity-guide/</a></p><br /><p>The Department commissioned the consultancy Cordis Bright to produce guidance to support local authorities with market oversight at the local level to enable them to meet their new responsibilities under the Care Act for ensuring continuity of care in the event of a provider business failure. The materials were produced following extensive input from both councils and providers.</p><br /><ol start="2"><li>New duties for the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to oversee the finances of care providers which are either large or whose provision is geographically concentrated as their financial failure would make it difficult for local authorities to discharge their statutory responsibilities.</li></ol><br /><p>The CQC oversight function will provide early warning to relevant local authorities in the event that one of these providers is likely to fail and their services cease. This will allow local authorities time to implement contingency plans.</p><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 16/12/2015 17:43:01 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

381125

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to page 11 of the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services annual budget survey, published on 4 June 2015, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policy of the findings that seven per cent of directors who responded to that survey are fully confident that planned savings can be met in 2016-17 and that a smaller proportion of directors is so confident in respect of 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
	tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
	uin	2452
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2015 answer text <p>Funding decisions for 2016/17 onwards, including on adult social care, are subject to the forthcoming Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department will continue to work closely with local government and the National Health Service to understand future funding requirements, including continuing scope and opportunities to make savings, to support decisions relating to the upcoming Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 23/06/2015 10:41:00 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

657025

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

751344

	registered interest
	date	12/07/2017
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the consultation on social care announced in the Queen's Speech will consider reforming the whole adult social care system, including services for (a) elderly and (b) working-age disabled people.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	4704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government will work with partners at all levels, including those who use services and who work to provide care, to bring forward proposals for public consultation. The Government will consult on options to encourage a wider debate.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation will set out options to improve the social care system and to put it on a more secure financial footing, supporting people, families and communities to prepare for old age, and address issues related to the quality of care and variation in practice.</p><p> </p><p>We will provide further details on the next steps on social care in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 4697 4698 question first answered 21/07/2017 09:11:40 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

483184

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department plans to (a) introduce the appeals system set out in Section 72 of the Care Act 2014 and (b) revise the current care capital limits.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	32039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department published an Impact Assessment of the cap on care costs system alongside a consultation on draft regulations and guidance in February 2015. This estimated that the numbers of people who would receive financial support as a result of the introduction of the cap and extensions to the means test from 2016 to 2026 would have been as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>2024/25</p></td><td><p>2025/26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Additional people supported</p></td><td><p>23,000</p></td><td><p>24,000</p></td><td><p>28,000</p></td><td><p>38,000</p></td><td><p>53,000</p></td><td><p>64,000</p></td><td><p>71,000</p></td><td><p>74,000</p></td><td><p>78,000</p></td><td><p>81,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number reaching the cap</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>19,000</p></td><td><p>37,000</p></td><td><p>74,000</p></td><td><p>101,000</p></td><td><p>115,000</p></td><td><p>121,000</p></td><td><p>128,000</p></td><td><p>132,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to the implementation of the cap on care costs in 2020. This will offer financial protection and peace of mind to people who need care and support. In the meantime, means-tested financial support remains available for those who cannot afford to pay for care to meet their eligible needs.</p><p>The capital limits, which determine how much capital a person may hold whilst receiving means-tested financial support towards their social care, will remain at their current levels for the financial year 2016/17.</p><p>The Department plans to introduce the appeals system for adult social care in April 2020, alongside of the implementation of the cap on care costs.</p><p>Due to concerns around the potential impact, Ministers also decided to delay the implementation of Section 18(3) of the Care Act 2014 until 2020 in line with the timetable for implementing funding reform. This will allow the Department enough time to research the likely impact of these reforms on the market and develop effective mitigations.</p><p>Information on the number of delayed transfers of care is published by NHS England on a monthly basis and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/delayed-transfers-of-care-data-2015-16/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/delayed-transfers-of-care-data-2015-16/</a></p><p>- see the delayed days by responsible organisation spreadsheet.</p><p>We do not have centrally held figures regarding the numbers of people who will enter the social care system in future, any impact that the cap on care costs might have on delayed transfers of care, or the numbers of people who might have asked local authorities to arrange their care under s18(3) of the Care Act 2014.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 31810 32038 32040 question first answered 24/03/2016 10:23:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

483040

	registered interest
	date	21/03/2016
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he has made an estimate of the number of people in each of the next five years that would have received financial support as a result of the introduction of the cap on care costs proposed for April 2016 which has been postponed until April 2020.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	31810
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department published an Impact Assessment of the cap on care costs system alongside a consultation on draft regulations and guidance in February 2015. This estimated that the numbers of people who would receive financial support as a result of the introduction of the cap and extensions to the means test from 2016 to 2026 would have been as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td><td><p>2022/23</p></td><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>2024/25</p></td><td><p>2025/26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Additional people supported</p></td><td><p>23,000</p></td><td><p>24,000</p></td><td><p>28,000</p></td><td><p>38,000</p></td><td><p>53,000</p></td><td><p>64,000</p></td><td><p>71,000</p></td><td><p>74,000</p></td><td><p>78,000</p></td><td><p>81,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number reaching the cap</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>19,000</p></td><td><p>37,000</p></td><td><p>74,000</p></td><td><p>101,000</p></td><td><p>115,000</p></td><td><p>121,000</p></td><td><p>128,000</p></td><td><p>132,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to the implementation of the cap on care costs in 2020. This will offer financial protection and peace of mind to people who need care and support. In the meantime, means-tested financial support remains available for those who cannot afford to pay for care to meet their eligible needs.</p><p>The capital limits, which determine how much capital a person may hold whilst receiving means-tested financial support towards their social care, will remain at their current levels for the financial year 2016/17.</p><p>The Department plans to introduce the appeals system for adult social care in April 2020, alongside of the implementation of the cap on care costs.</p><p>Due to concerns around the potential impact, Ministers also decided to delay the implementation of Section 18(3) of the Care Act 2014 until 2020 in line with the timetable for implementing funding reform. This will allow the Department enough time to research the likely impact of these reforms on the market and develop effective mitigations.</p><p>Information on the number of delayed transfers of care is published by NHS England on a monthly basis and is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/delayed-transfers-of-care-data-2015-16/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/delayed-transfers-of-care-data-2015-16/</a></p><p>- see the delayed days by responsible organisation spreadsheet.</p><p>We do not have centrally held figures regarding the numbers of people who will enter the social care system in future, any impact that the cap on care costs might have on delayed transfers of care, or the numbers of people who might have asked local authorities to arrange their care under s18(3) of the Care Act 2014.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 32038 32039 32040 question first answered 24/03/2016 10:23:16 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

99860

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when his Department will publish a response to the consultation Updating our care and support system: draft regulations and guidance, published on 6 June 2014.
	tabling member constituency	South Shields
	tabling member printed	Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
	uin	211058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2014 answer text <p>A consultation on the draft regulations and guidance to support implementation of part one of the Care Act 2014 opened on 5 June 2014 and ran for 10 weeks to 15 August 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government will publish a response to the consultation shortly. The statutory guidance to support implementation of part one of the Care Act will be published at the same time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 23/10/2014 11:36:29 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	4277 label Biography information for Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck