Social Services: New Towns
Commons · Question 62007 · 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 had discussions with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the role that place-making in new towns could play in reducing demand pressures on the so
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 3 Jul 2025
Ministers have regular discussions with Cabinet Office colleagues about a variety of issues, including, but not limited to, place-making in new towns.Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are tasked with the duty to shape their care markets to meet t...