Question follow-through · 48582
Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason cross-party talks on social care have not yet taken place.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 28 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 May 2025
- Answer
- 8 May 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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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
28 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason cross-party talks on social care have not yet taken place.
1 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 May 2025
Answer published
We are committed to building a national, cross-party consensus to create a fair and affordable adult social care system for all. This is why we have asked Baroness Casey of Blackstock to lead an independent commission into adult social care as part of our...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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