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Social Services: Departmental Responsibilities

Asked by Neil Duncan-JordanLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 29 April 2026UIN 128948

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if it will make an assessment of the potential merits of transferring control of social care to the Department for Housing, Communities and Local Government to provide services at the local level.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

No estimation or assessment has been made. The Department currently has responsibility for social care policy. Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities have a duty to meet the eligible care and support needs of people in their local area.

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