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...