Question follow-through · 85595

Social Services: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies on tackling unmet needs for social care of The University of Manchester's publication entitled ‘Tackling unme

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
30 Oct 2025
Answer
31 Oct 2025 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies on tackling unmet needs for social care of The University of Manchester's publication entitled ‘Tackling unme

  2. 30 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 31 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The publication by the University of Manchester raises important implications for how adult social care is delivered by local authorities. The Government recognises the long-term trend of a reduction in the number of local authority funded long-term packa...

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