Question follow-through · 12546

Health Services: Vulnerable Adults

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the new national adult safeguarding board to conduct the review of the legal framework for safeguarding.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
23 Jun 2026
Target answer date
25 Jun 2026
Answer
29 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he expects the new national adult safeguarding board to conduct the review of the legal framework for safeguarding.

  2. 25 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 29 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    The new national adult safeguarding board, chaired by the Chief Social Worker, met for the first time on 16 June 2026. The board will meet quarterly. This represents an important step towards strengthening national oversight of local safeguarding adults b...

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