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Written Question
Social Services: Fees and Charges
Tuesday 28th June 2022

Asked by: Lord Harper (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the additional financial support announced by the Chancellor in the Economy Update of 26 May 2022 and set out in the Cost of living support factsheet: 26 May 2022 will be taken into account when individual contributions to social care costs are calculated.

Answered by Gillian Keegan

The Department is currently determining the impact of the new cost of living payments on financial assessments for care costs.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 01 Mar 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"May I press the Secretary of State on how the increases in NHS capacity will be maintained over the medium term? His own Department has forecast that waiting lists may hit 9 million or 10 million in the next couple of years. The Government also have a plan to take …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 08 Feb 2022
Elective Treatment

"The Secretary of State will know that many on this side of the House were very reluctant, but did support the increase in resources for the NHS through the increase to national insurance and then the health and social care levy. When we are making that argument to our constituents, …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 13 Jan 2022
Covid-19 Update

"I welcome the change in the self-isolation rules that the Secretary of State set out. It is a good indication that the Government can be flexible on policy, so let me have another go on the subject I raised yesterday. My right hon. Friend heard the exchange I had with …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 12 Jan 2022
Vaccination Strategy

"My sources in the NHS tell me that last week they received either from the Department or from NHS England instructions effectively on how to go about firing people from the NHS in April if they have not been vaccinated. That caused them considerable concern. The Government’s own analysis, prepared …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Dec 2021
Public Health

"I am listening carefully to the Secretary of State’s comments and am grateful that he has brought these measures before the House. I asked him yesterday whether he would give a commitment at the Dispatch Box to recall the House if the Government had to bring further measures in other …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Dec 2021
Public Health

"Let me start with a few words about the big picture. My hon. Friend the Member for Winchester (Steve Brine) put this very well. We know that covid is going to be with us forever, and we know that we are going to have variants forever. The chief scientific adviser …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Dec 2021
Public Health

"I have seen that, and I look forward to the information from the UK. The point I have been making in my constant repetition about the House sitting next week or the week after or being recalled—my right hon. Friend the Member for South West Wiltshire (Dr Murrison) also mentioned …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Dec 2021
Covid-19 Update

"Mr Deputy Speaker, you will be aware that a couple of days ago the Department of Health and Social Care published something on social media that jumped the gun on the decision the House is being asked to take tomorrow. It is welcome that the Secretary of State intervened, saying:

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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 08 Dec 2021
Covid-19 Update

"Having looked very carefully at the evidence and listened to what the Secretary of State said, I have to say that the initial evidence on omicron does not support the introduction of these measures, because the protection against serious disease remains strong. If the Secretary of State’s fears are confirmed, …..."
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