Question follow-through · 4949
Social Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to issue updated guidance to local authorities on minimum contact standards for adult social care front-door services, including call handling, voicemail and email tria
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 8 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to issue updated guidance to local authorities on minimum contact standards for adult social care front-door services, including call handling, voicemail and email tria
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
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8 Jun 2026
Answer published
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) is assessing how well local authorities in England are meeting the full range of their duties under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014, including local authorities’ front doors. The assessments identify local authorities’ streng...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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