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1045899

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2019
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2019 to Question 203761, if he will define when the earliest opportunity is to publish the Social Care Green Paper.
	tabling member constituency	Newton Abbot
	tabling member printed	Anne Marie Morris
	uin	211201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>The Social Care Green Paper remains a priority for this Government. The Department is working hard to publish a Green Paper setting out proposals for reform at the earliest opportunity. Unfortunately we cannot currently confirm a publication date.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 30/01/2019 16:37:22 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4249 label Biography information for Anne Marie Morris

1012460

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2018
	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 effect of a potential economic downturn on the ability of local authorities to meet their statutory social care duties.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	194681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>Social care is funded through a combination of central government grants, council tax and business rates which in the past have remained stable sources of income through economic downturns.</p><p>The Government conducts an ongoing assessment of the sustainability of the local government system. This is a dynamic assessment which reflects emerging analysis of pressures and risks and is kept under review.</p><p>The Government is dedicated to supporting the adult social care system and as such has given councils access to up to £3.6 billion more dedicated funding for adult social care in 2018-19 and up to £3.9 billion for 2019-20. The additional resources will help councils commission care services that are sustainable, diverse and offer sufficient high-quality care and support for people in their areas.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 27/11/2018 17:21:51 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

1023932

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2018
	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 people requested social care services but died before receiving any such service in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	201597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>NHS Digital statistics record that, in 2017/18, there were 32,115 new requests for services from applicants who were deceased before they received the package. This data records requests for care, not individual deaths as requested, and represents approximately 1.7% of total new requests.</p><p> </p><p>This first mandatory collection of this date was in 2017/18, with complete data for years prior to 2017/18 not available. The data was first collected in 2016/17 via a voluntary collection from local authorities where less than a quarter of local authorities submitted a response. This means that the 2016/17 and 2017/18 figures are not directly comparable; in 2016/17 the voluntary returns from local authorities who recorded 6,580 new requests for services from applicants who were deceased before they received the package, based on returns from 36 out of 152 local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 17/12/2018 16:06:06 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

822897

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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 information his Department holds on the number of care packages that were commissioned by Local Authorities in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	122580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of people receiving care packages for the period 2010/11 to 2013/14.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>During year</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,574,590</p></td><td><p>1,462,290</p></td><td><p>1,327,910</p></td><td><p>1,273,280</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The method of collecting data around users of social care changed in 2014/15. The table below provides the figures for 2014/15 onwards which are published by NHS Digital.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>During year</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>2016/17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Completed Short Term Care Episodes</p></td><td><p>253,000</p></td><td><p>245,270</p></td><td><p>241,810</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Long Term Care Users</p></td><td><p>885,000</p></td><td><p>873,000</p></td><td><p>868,440</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The figures above show that there has been a reduction in local authority social care user numbers over the time period requested.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have shifted their focus towards preventing people needing formal packages of care hence the drop in user numbers.</p><p> </p><p>All councils have statutory duties to look after their vulnerable elderly and disabled people. The Care Act 2014 introduced national eligibility criteria for access to adult social care that local authorities are required to meet.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 18/01/2018 14:01:02 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

822900

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	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 plans he has to make available data for each condition on delayed transfers of care for the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Worsley and Eccles South
	tabling member printed	Barbara Keeley
	uin	122583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2018 answer text <p>NHS England publishes monthly data on the number of delayed transfers of care. The latest data is for November 2017 and is available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/" target="_blank">https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/delayed-transfers-of-care/</a></p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to collect patient condition specific data about delayed transfers of care.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 122581 question first answered 18/01/2018 14:31:43 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	1588 label Biography information for Barbara Keeley

869440

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2018
	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 upcoming Green Paper on adult social care to publish recommendations; and what the timescale is for bringing forward legislative proposals as a result of that Green Paper.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	133954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government has committed to publishing a Green Paper by summer 2018, setting out its proposals for reform.</p><p> </p><p>Ahead of the Green Paper’s publication, the Government is working with experts, stakeholders and people using care and support services, including for people suffering from dementia, to shape social care reform in the near and longer term.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 133952 question first answered 27/03/2018 11:47:02 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

926984

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2018
	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 much has been spent on social care in each local authority in England in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
	tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
	uin	155283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is available in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 25/06/2018 14:08:04 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage attachment 1 file name 20180620 table for PQ155283 PQ_LA spend.xlsx title PQ155283 attached table
	tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

1020631

	registered interest
	date	06/12/2018
	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 has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on the potential merits of a care sector deal.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	199870
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care meets regularly with his Cabinet colleagues, discussing a range of issues.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 11/12/2018 13:32:21 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

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

1047790

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2019
	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, when he plans to publish social care green paper; and for what reasons the publication has been delayed.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	212355
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>As an ageing society, we need to reach a longer-term sustainable settlement for social care and we recognise that parliamentary colleagues will wish to engage thoroughly in the debate following publication. The Social Care Green Paper remains a priority for this Government, and the Department is working hard to publish the Green Paper at the earliest opportunity.</p><p> </p><p>Given wider events it was not possible to publish the Green Paper by the end of 2018 and, unfortunately, we cannot currently confirm a publication date.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 29/01/2019 17:34:33 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis