Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the quality of care homes since the publication of the report of the Care Quality Commission, The state of adult social care services 2014 to 2017, on 6 July 2017; and if he will make a statement.

While this report shows that 79% of inspected adult social care services in England were rated good or outstanding, it is completely unacceptable that standards in some settings are below those rightly expected by care users and their families.

The Department is working with organisations from across the social care sector to implement Quality Matters – a commitment to improving quality to make a real difference for service users, carers, families and everyone working in the sector.

The Department will also be consulting on the future of social care. The consultation will set out options to improve the social care system and to put it on a more secure financial footing and address issues related to the quality of care and variation in practice.