Question follow-through · 76575

Social Services: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking assist councils to reduce the cost of social care.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body: Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled: 11 Sept 2025
Target answer date: 15 Sept 2025
Answer: 19 Sept 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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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

11 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking assist councils to reduce the cost of social care.
15 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Government recognises challenges facing adult social care and is taking action to improve the system and enable more people to live independently for longer. While local authorities are best placed to plan and deliver care and support that meet the cu...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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