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1737605

registered interest
date	28/10/2024
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 progress his Department has made on the creation of a National Care Service.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Dr Allison Gardner
uin	11535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to building consensus on the long-term reform needed to create a National Care Service, including by engaging cross-party and with people who draw on care and support.</p><p>Alongside our plan for health, we will create a 10-year plan for social care which recognises the importance of social care in its own right, as well as its role in the success of the National Health Service. On 10 October, we took a critical step by introducing legislation to establish the first ever Fair Pay Agreement for care professionals to ensure care workers are recognised and fairly rewarded for the important work they do.</p><p>To stabilise the system in the short term, we are providing at least £600 million of new grant funding for social care to support local authorities. This is part of a broader real-terms uplift to core local government spending power of approximately 3.2%.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 08/11/2024 12:31:13 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock previous answer version 14827 answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	5334

1736067

registered interest
date	22/10/2024
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 he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure that upper tier local authorities can meet additional demand for social care services in (a) Shropshire and (b) England in winter 2024-25.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	10530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2024 answer text <p>On 17 September, I wrote to all local authorities, setting out priorities for improving service resilience across social care this winter. The letter emphasises the importance of close partnership working and joint planning between local authorities, the NHS and community partners. Local authorities are expected to have business continuity plans in place for a range of risks, including for localised disruptions caused by adverse winter weather.</p><p>The Department funds Partners in Care and Health, delivered by the Local Government Association, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, and the Social Care Institute for Excellence, to provide a support offer that helps local authorities tackle operational challenges, including during winter.</p><p>Under the Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund (MSIF), local authorities must submit an adult social care capacity plan that provides assurance that plans are in place to meet estimated local demand for different types of long-term care services, with a focus on winter. These were submitted to the department in June 2024. The member’s local authority, Shropshire, submitted their 2024/25 capacity plan which is currently undergoing processing and quality assurance.</p><p>MSIF is designed to support increased adult social care capacity, improve market sustainability, and enable local authorities to make improvements to adult social care services. Shropshire has been allocated just over £6 million of MSIF funding in 2024/25 to support these aims.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 28/10/2024 15:21:40 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1735796

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of each upper tier local authority to meet the demand for social care in the next (a) 12 months and (b) five years.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	10184
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2024 answer text <p>Local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the needs of their population, which is why, under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are tasked with the duty to shape their care market to meet the diverse needs of all local people. In performing that duty, a local authority must have regard to the need to ensure that it is aware of current and likely future demand for such services, and to consider how providers in their local area might meet that demand.</p><p>The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is assessing local authorities’ delivery of these duties. The CQC started these assessments in December 2023, and will assess all 153 local authorities in England over the next two years. The assessments facilitate the sharing of good practice and help us to target support where it is most needed. If an assessment identifies that a local authority has failed or is failing to discharge its functions under the Care Act 2014 to an acceptable standard, my Rt Hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care has powers to intervene.</p><p>The Market Sustainability and Improvement Fund includes grant conditions which require each local authority to submit an adult social care capacity plan. These were submitted to the Department in June 2024 and are currently undergoing processing and quality assurance.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 30/10/2024 11:08:48 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock previous answer version 12719 answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1733693

registered interest
date	11/10/2024
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 he plans to take to create a National Care Service; and what his planned timetable is for this.
tabling member constituency	Poole
tabling member printed	Neil Duncan-Jordan
uin	8749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to building a National Care Service based on clear, consistent national standards, that will improve the quality of care. On 10 October 2024, recognising the central role of our amazing care workforce, we took a critical step, introducing the legislation that will establish the first ever Fair Pay Agreement for care professionals.</p><p> </p><p>We will set out the next steps in due course for a process that engages with adult social care stakeholders, including cross-party members and a diverse range of people with lived experience of care, to build consensus towards a National Care Service.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 24/10/2024 11:58:16 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	5359

1732779

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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 progress he has made on implementation of a National Care Service.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Southall
tabling member printed	Deirdre Costigan
uin	8282
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to building a National Care Service based on clear, consistent national standards, that will improve the quality of care. On 10 October 2024, recognising the central role of our care workforce, we took a critical step, introducing the legislation that will establish the first ever Fair Pay Agreement for care professionals.</p><p>We will set out the next steps in due course for a process that engages with adult social care stakeholders, including cross-party members and a diverse range of people with lived experience of care, to build consensus towards a National Care Service.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock grouped question UIN 8283 8285 8286 question first answered 16/10/2024 12:15:24 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	5075

1732780

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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 his timeline is for implementation of a National Care Service.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Southall
tabling member printed	Deirdre Costigan
uin	8283
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to building a National Care Service based on clear, consistent national standards, that will improve the quality of care. On 10 October 2024, recognising the central role of our care workforce, we took a critical step, introducing the legislation that will establish the first ever Fair Pay Agreement for care professionals.</p><p>We will set out the next steps in due course for a process that engages with adult social care stakeholders, including cross-party members and a diverse range of people with lived experience of care, to build consensus towards a National Care Service.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock grouped question UIN 8282 8285 8286 question first answered 16/10/2024 12:15:24 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	5075

1732783

registered interest
date	09/10/2024
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 plans he has to ensure that the National Care Service supports the needs of people from diverse (a) cultural and (b) linguistic backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Southall
tabling member printed	Deirdre Costigan
uin	8286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to building a National Care Service based on clear, consistent national standards, that will improve the quality of care. On 10 October 2024, recognising the central role of our care workforce, we took a critical step, introducing the legislation that will establish the first ever Fair Pay Agreement for care professionals.</p><p>We will set out the next steps in due course for a process that engages with adult social care stakeholders, including cross-party members and a diverse range of people with lived experience of care, to build consensus towards a National Care Service.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock grouped question UIN 8282 8283 8285 question first answered 16/10/2024 12:15:25 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	5075

1723197

registered interest
date	24/07/2024
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 assessment he has made of the potential impact of the social care system on the performance of the NHS; and if he will hold discussions with his opposition counterparts on measures to improve the funding and delivery of social care.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Ellie Chowns
uin	1618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2024 answer text <p>The health and social care systems are facing significant challenges. The Government is committed to tackling the multiple factors contributing to delayed discharges. These include processes within hospitals and between hospitals and other health and care services, and the availability of appropriate care packages. These care packages are commissioned by both the National Health Service and by adult social care partners.</p><p>By developing local working partnerships between the Government, the NHS, and social care, we will ensure that people are not stuck in hospital beds when they are well enough to go home.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 31/07/2024 14:00:54 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	5249

1721808

registered interest
date	17/07/2024
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 his Department's policy is on local authority insourcing of adult social care services.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2024 answer text <p>Local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the needs of their population, which is why under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are tasked with the duty to shape their care market to meet the diverse needs of all local people. This includes planning the balance of services which should be directly provided by the local authority, or commissioned from external care providers.</p> answering member constituency Aberafan Maesteg answering member printed Stephen Kinnock question first answered 23/07/2024 16:29:08 answering member 4359 label Biography information for Stephen Kinnock
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1719987

registered interest
date	22/05/2024
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they taking to ensure that local councils in England are able to meet their statutory duties to provide adult social care for 2025–26,  in accordance with the Care Act 2014; and what discussions they have had with the Local Government Association about this matter.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL4865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The Government has made up to £8.6 billion available in additional funding over 2023/24 and 2024/25, to support adult social care and discharge. This funding has enabled local authorities to buy more care packages, helped people leave hospital on time, improved workforce recruitment and retention, and reduced waiting times for care. The Government regularly meets with the Local Government Association and other representatives from the sector, to understand the pressures facing them.</p><p>Funding plans for 2025/26 will be developed as part of the next Spending Review. We will continue to work closely with local authorities and the adult social care sector to understand what the impact of cost and demand pressures will be on service delivery, and to support them in responding to these pressures.</p> answering member printed Lord Markham question first answered 24/05/2024 12:36:07 answering member 4948 label Biography information for Lord Markham
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian