Written questions

Care Homes: Cleaning Services

Commons · Question 3947 · Tabled 21 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 1 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Gareth Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment into the potential health benefits of encouraging care homes to have their laundry services fulfilled by an external commercial laundry provider.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 1 Jun 2026

The Department has not made a specific assessment of the potential health benefits of encouraging care homes to have their laundry services fulfilled by an external commercial laundry provider.Good laundry management is an important element of effective i...