Question follow-through · 13989
Social Services: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that people in (a) West Dorset constituency and (b) other rural areas receive equitable access to social care support.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 14 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 20 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that people in (a) West Dorset constituency and (b) other rural areas receive equitable access to social care support.
14 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Nov 2024
Answer published
Local authorities are responsible for assessing individuals’ care and support needs and, where eligible, for meeting those needs. Where individuals do not meet the eligibility threshold, they can get support from their local authorities in making their ow...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Autism: Health Services
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