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Social Services: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many officials in his Department are assigned to work on the social care review.

answeredHelen MorganDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
16 Jun 2025
Target answer date
19 Jun 2025
Answer
7 Jul 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 16 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many officials in his Department are assigned to work on the social care review.

  2. 19 Jun 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 7 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    There are 11 officials currently assigned by the Department to work on the independent commission into adult social care, chaired by Baroness Louise Casey. This includes Baroness Casey’s independent secretariat team and a small departmental sponsorship fu...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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