Question follow-through · 58315
Kinship Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) support (i) hidden and (ii) unpaid family carers who (A) are and (B) are not engaged with formal care systems.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 9 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 16 Jun 2025 · 7 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
9 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) identify and (b) support (i) hidden and (ii) unpaid family carers who (A) are and (B) are not engaged with formal care systems.
11 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jun 2025
Answer published
Local authorities have duties to support people caring for their family and friends. The Care Act 2014 requires local authorities to deliver a wide range of sustainable, high-quality care and support services, including support for carers. Local authoriti...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Health Services: Registration
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