Question follow-through · 58894
Care Workers: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle shortages of care home workers in rural areas.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 12 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 18 Jun 2025 · 8 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
10 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to tackle shortages of care home workers in rural areas.
12 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Jun 2025
Answer published
English local authorities have responsibility under the Care Act 2014 to meet social care needs, and statutory guidance directs them to ensure there is sufficient workforce in adult social care (ASC).The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent re...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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