Question follow-through · 99028
Health Services: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the clarity of guidance on the boundary between (a) NHS responsibilities and (b) local authority responsibilities for individuals with care and support needs.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 10 Feb 2026 · 62 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the clarity of guidance on the boundary between (a) NHS responsibilities and (b) local authority responsibilities for individuals with care and support needs.
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Feb 2026
Answer published
Under Section 22 of the Care Act 2014, local authorities are generally prevented from meeting needs by providing services that the National Health Service must provide under the National Health Service Act 2006.Local authorities are responsible for ensuri...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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