Social Services: Vulnerable Adults
Commons · Question 76869 · Tabled 12 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 6 Oct 2025
Question
Asked by Lisa Smart
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with local authorities to ensure that social services act quickly following reports of potential grooming of vulnerable adults.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 6 Oct 2025
Any form of abuse or neglect is unacceptable. The Government makes it clear, in the statutory guidance of the Care Act, that local authorities must ensure that the services they commission are safe, effective, and of high quality.Where a local authority h...