Question follow-through · 66494
Social Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the consistency of the quality of care in England.
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
- 9 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 21 Jul 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
9 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the consistency of the quality of care in England.
11 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is the independent regulator for ensuring the quality of care in England. It assesses all health and social care service providers registered with the CQC for compliance against the statutory standards set out in the Heal...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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