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Social Services: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance is provided to local authorities and affiliated organisations on the issuance of written documents outlining financial responsibilities in care arrangements; and what safeguards are r
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 14 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 18 May 2026
- Answer
- 21 May 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Health and care
- Incontinence: Products · 15 Jun 2026
- NHS: Procurement · 15 Jun 2026
- Eating Disorders: Health Professions · 28 Aug 2026
- Eating Disorders: Children and Young People · 28 Aug 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
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
14 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance is provided to local authorities and affiliated organisations on the issuance of written documents outlining financial responsibilities in care arrangements; and what safeguards are r
18 May 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 May 2026
Answer published
Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the needs of their population, which is why they are tasked with the duty to shape their care markets to meet the diverse needs of all local people, including implementi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Incontinence: Products
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NHS: Procurement
15 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the new value-based procurement assessment methodology published by the Department’s Medical Technology and Innovation Directorate will be adopted in full for all future NHS Supply Chain pr
Eating Disorders: Health Professions
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps her Department is taking to improve the level of awareness and understanding of pica among NHS healthcare professionals.
Eating Disorders: Children and Young People
28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Education to improve the level of support for children and young people diagnosed with pica.