Written questions

Social Services: Finance

Commons · Question 61084 · Tabled 18 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 25 Jun 2025

Question

Asked by Anna Dixon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the assessment framework used for commissioning the adult social care resource formula focuses on outcomes.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 25 Jun 2025

It is important that the Adult Social Care Relative Needs Formula accurately reflects the relative need for services to ensure funding is allocated to the places that need it most and to enable all local authorities to focus on improving adult social care...