Community Care
Commons · Question 62006 · Tabled 23 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Question
Asked by Blake Stephenson
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of trends in the level of change in demand for at home social care since 2019.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 3 Jul 2025
The number of local authority-funded social care users in community care settings has risen by approximately 5% between 2019/20 and 2023/24, according to a 2024 National Health Service publication produced in conjunction with the Department. However, this...