Question follow-through · 64648

Independent Commission into Adult Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the scope of the Government’s independent commission into adult social care include the means testing which underpins the Disabled Facilities Grant.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
2 Jul 2025
Target answer date
4 Jul 2025
Answer
14 Jul 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the scope of the Government’s independent commission into adult social care include the means testing which underpins the Disabled Facilities Grant.

  2. 4 Jul 2025

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  3. 14 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    We have launched an independent commission into adult social care as part of our first steps towards delivering a National Care Service.Baroness Casey and her team will look at what fundamental reforms will be needed, what social care should look like, wh...

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