Question follow-through · 69398

Carers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60209 on Carers, what the outcomes were of the cross-Government meeting.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
21 Jul 2025
Target answer date
1 Sept 2025
Answer
19 Sept 2025 · 60 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 21 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60209 on Carers, what the outcomes were of the cross-Government meeting.

  2. 1 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Unpaid carers play a vital role and can access support from adult and children’s social care and the National Health Service, as well as through benefits, employers, schools, colleges, and universities. However, we know that too often systems are disjoint...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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