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1565876

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	Home Care 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 been made aware of cases in England where care cannot be delivered safely due to the low temperature of a person’s home.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	121007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2023 answer text <p>The Department is not aware of any such cases in England.</p> answering member constituency Colchester answering member printed Will Quince question first answered 18/01/2023 16:40:46 answering member 4423 label Biography information for Will Quince
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1404846

registered interest
date	20/01/2022
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	Home Care 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 is taking to provide further support for (a) domiciliary care providers and (b) domiciliary care staff.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	108455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2022 answer text <p>To provide further support for domiciliary providers, we have extended the Infection Control and Testing Fund by a further £388.3 million until 31 March 2022. Domiciliary care providers are able to access this funding to put in place effective infection prevention and control measures, including supporting testing and increasing vaccine uptake.</p><p>We have made available two rounds of the Workforce Recruitment and Retention fund, totalling £462.5 million to support local authorities and care providers recruit and retain care staff. Home care workers will be eligible for the Health and Care Worker visa for a 12-month period and added to the shortage occupation list, making it quicker, cheaper and easier to recruit eligible workers from overseas to fill vital gaps.</p><p>The Government has committed to providing free Personal Protective Equipment for their COVID-19 needs until the end of March 2023. To support staff, a bespoke testing supply channel has been set up to enable asymptomatic home carers to access weekly polymerase chain reaction tests to administer at home. Domiciliary care workers have been prioritised for the COVID-19 vaccine and we have made free flu vaccines available to eligible staff.</p><p>We are continuously reviewing our guidance to ensure that staff working in domiciliary care are receiving up to date advice to keep them as safe as possible during this time.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 27/01/2022 11:15:34 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1360895

registered interest
date	18/10/2021
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	Home Care Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the proposed reforms to adult social care announced in September, what steps they are taking to ensure that as many people as possible can remain in their own homes for as long as reasonably possible.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL3164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2021 answer text <p>We recognise the important role of housing in providing care and support to people in the community. There is clear evidence that the right housing arrangements can deliver improved outcomes and meet people’s preferences to remain in their own home. The Government will invest in the Disabled Facilities Grant and supported housing, as well as exploring other innovative housing solutions to allow more people to live independently at home for longer with personalised care and support. We will continue to work closely with the sector, including as part of the white paper on adult social care which will be published later this year.</p> answering member printed Lord Kamall question first answered 27/10/2021 12:49:30 answering member 4909 label Biography information for Lord Kamall
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

1354246

registered interest
date	09/09/2021
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	Home Care 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 2 August 2021, to Question 31414, on Home Care Services: Local Government, if he will publish the content of the service continuity and care market review referred to in that Answer.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	45840
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2021 answer text <p>The Service Continuity and Care Market Review took the form of all local authorities carrying out a self-assessment in autumn 2020, to ascertain the risk to the continuity of care across all adult social care markets in England over the winter to the end of March 2021. We are unable to provide the content of these self-assessments as they are commercially sensitive and the disclosure of information may prejudice local authorities’ ability to deliver their services.</p><p>However, the National Audit Office published a high-level summary of the review findings in, ‘The adult social care market in England’ in March 2021, which is attached.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 29/09/2021 11:14:28 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan attachment 1 file name The-adult-social-care-market-in-England (1).pdf title The adult social care in England previous answer version 21446 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1345955

registered interest
date	12/07/2021
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	Home Care 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 potential effect of a market failure in the domiciliary care sector on local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	31414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2021 answer text <p>Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are required to shape their local markets according to local needs, which includes securing the right balance of domiciliary, residential and other provision. Throughout the pandemic, we have made available over £2 billion in specific funding for adult social care, in addition to over £6 billion for local authorities to address pressures on their services. In partnership with the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and the Local Government Association, we carried out a service continuity and care market review to understand the robustness of local authorities’ plans and the level of support needed to maintain continuity of provision through winter 2020-21.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 02/08/2021 12:31:04 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 14577 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1310714

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
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	Home Care 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 guidance he has provided to the Care Quality Commission on examining the business history of providers of domiciliary care companies.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	184519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) acts to ensure that all adult social care providers seeking to register their services comply with the registration requirements set out in the Health and Social Care Act 2008 and its associated regulations. The CQC (Registration) Regulations 2009 include a requirement that providers seeking to register are financially viable.</p><p>In addition, the Care Act 2014 provides for the CQC to monitor the financial health of the largest and most difficult-to-replace adult social care providers, including qualifying domiciliary care providers, through the Market Oversight Scheme. The scope of these provisions is set out by the Department in the Care Act 2014 statutory guidance.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/04/2021 11:07:44 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1310716

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
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	Home Care 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 against domiciliary care companies that do not meet their contractual obligations in paying their staff or pension contributions on time.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	184520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The vast majority of care workers are employed by private sector providers who set their pay and conditions, independent of central Government. However, we do expect all employers to meet their legal and contractual obligations. The law requires employers to enrol all eligible workers into a qualifying workplace pension scheme and make at least a minimum contribution to their pension. The Pensions Regulator is responsible for maximising employer compliance.</p><p>There is statutory protection for workers against unlawful deductions from wages, including complete non-payment. Workers who believe that unlawful deductions have been made from their wages may complain to an employment tribunal. Non-payment of wages is also likely to constitute a breach of contract and employees may be entitled to make a breach of contract claim through the civil courts or, if the employment has ended, the employment tribunals.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/04/2021 11:12:48 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1310718

registered interest
date	20/04/2021
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	Home Care 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 support local authorities insourcing domiciliary and residential social care.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	184521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2021 answer text <p>The Care Act 2014 places a duty on local authorities to develop a diverse market in care and support services that meets the needs of their local communities and promotes the efficient and effective operation of the market for adult care and support as a whole.</p><p>We support local authorities to manage their local markets effectively. This includes funding the Local Government Association and the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services to deliver the Care and Health Improvement Programme, an annual programme of support to local authorities. In addition, the Department has worked with sector partners to produce guidance and support about market shaping, which is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-social-care-market-shaping/adult-social-care-market-shaping" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adult-social-care-market-shaping/adult-social-care-market-shaping</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 27/04/2021 11:05:28 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1280062

registered interest
date	25/01/2021
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	Home Care 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 in England employ their own personal assistants for health and social care at home.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	142984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2021 answer text <p>Data from Skills for Care’s ‘Individual Employers and the Personal Assistant Workforce’ report estimates that in 2019/20, approximately 70,000 people in England employed their own personal assistant/s (PAs) with funding from social care direct payments, dispersed by local authorities. The Department does not hold data on numbers of individuals who employ PAs outside of social care direct payments.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 03/02/2021 12:30:29 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately previous answer version 78260 answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1235066

registered interest
date	16/09/2020
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	Home Care 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 add the category of domiciliary care to the organisation type page of the test booking website, supported by the CQC ID location number in the background database.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	91072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>All residents in care homes and asymptomatic care home staff have been offered testing through the whole care home portal, as well as all patients discharged from hospital into care homes. All residential and domiciliary/homecare care staff, volunteers and unpaid carers can access testing via the self-referral or employer referral portal if they have symptoms, and everyone in the United Kingdom with symptoms can now be tested for COVID-19 through the self-referral portal at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://self-referral.test-for-coronavirus.service.gov.uk/antigen/name" target="_blank">https://self-referral.test-for-coronavirus.service.gov.uk/antigen/name</a></p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 10/11/2020 13:38:01 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner