Carers: Finance
Commons · Question 33418 · Tabled 25 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Dame Caroline Dinenage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of funding for local authorities to support unpaid carers who have requested a Carer's Assessment in the last 12 months.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 5 Mar 2025
Local authorities have duties to support people caring for their family and friends. Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are required to undertake carer’s assessments to support people caring for their family and friends who appear to have a need f...