Social Services
Commons · Question 84043 · Tabled 21 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by James MacCleary
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential duplication of (a) regulatory and (b) inspection activity in adult social care between the (i) Care Quality Commission and (ii) local
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 10 Nov 2025
There is no direct duplication between how the Care Quality Commission (CQC) assesses individual registered providers and how local authorities oversee providers within their areas. Both bodies are involved in evaluating quality and safety, but they do so...