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Social Services: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the impact of adult social care obligations on local authorities.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 12 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 16 Dec 2024
Answer: 30 Dec 2024 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

12 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the impact of adult social care obligations on local authorities.
16 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
30 Dec 2024
Answer published
Department ministers regularly discuss a range of topics with other Cabinet colleagues. In response to the pressures facing adult social care, the Government will make up to £3.5 billion of additional funding for social care authorities available in 2025/...

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