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Respite Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce a statutory guarantee of regular respite breaks for unpaid carers.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
16 Oct 2024
Answer
22 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 14 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will introduce a statutory guarantee of regular respite breaks for unpaid carers.

  2. 16 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 22 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    The Government is committed to ensuring that families have the support that they need. We want to ensure that people who care for family and friends are better able to look after their own health and wellbeing.Local authorities have duties to support peop...

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