Written questions

Care Homes: Finance

Commons · Question 50020 · Tabled 2 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 12 May 2025

Question

Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to make an assessment of the adequacy of (a) the allocation of resident funds and (b) other aspects of the regulatory framework governing financial accountability in re

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 12 May 2025

The Care Quality Commission has regulatory powers to compel providers to be financially viable when delivering regulated activities and to protect service users from financial misappropriation.In addition, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman is...