Question follow-through · 84182
Young Carers
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the identification of young carers across other health services in the context of plans to change the Mental Health Act Code of Practice.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 22 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 25 Nov 2025 · 34 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
22 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to improve the identification of young carers across other health services in the context of plans to change the Mental Health Act Code of Practice.
28 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
25 Nov 2025
Answer published
Local authorities must take reasonable steps to identify young carers in their area and assess their needs. To support local authorities in their child protection duties, the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, currently making its way through Parliame...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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