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Commons · Question 58647 · Tabled 10 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 16 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of (a) the level of future social care need and (b) the potential impact tof this level of need on the social care (a) estate and (b) workforce.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 16 Jun 2025

The Department uses estimated future demand for adult social care (ASC) over a 20 year period, which is published by the Care Policy and Evaluation Centre at the London School of Economics.The Department uses these published estimates when assessing ASC c...