Question follow-through · 23322

Social Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle delays to care packages.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
13 Jan 2025
Target answer date
15 Jan 2025
Answer
17 Jan 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

  1. 13 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle delays to care packages.

  2. 15 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    Local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the needs of their population, which is why, under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are tasked with the duty to shape their care market and to commission services to meet the diverse needs o...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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