Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 16 November 2017, HCWS 258 on social care, whether the Government plans to bring forward proposals on the future of children’s social care and services for children who need palliative care.

The Government’s strategy for children’s social care was set out in ‘Putting Children First’, published in July 2016. A copy is available at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/554573/Putting_children_first_delivering_vision_excellent_childrens_social_care.pdf

In July 2016, the Government set out its commitment to everyone at the end of life in the Government response to the independent Review of Choice in End of Life Care. Our commitment on end of life care set out what everyone should expect from their care at the end of life and the actions we are taking to make high quality and personalisation a reality for all, both adults and children, and to end variation in end of life care across the health system by 2020. On 21 September 2017 we published ‘One year on: the Government response to the review of choice in end of life care’ setting out the good progress made in delivering this over the first year.