Written questions

Social Services: Audit

Commons · Question 14386 · Tabled 14 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 20 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Max Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to undertake a national audit of care needs.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 20 Nov 2024

Local authorities are responsible for assessing individuals’ care and support needs and, where eligible, for meeting those needs. Where individuals do not meet the eligibility threshold, they can get support from their local authority to make their own ar...