Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the views of people living in care homes are taken into account during consultations on the Green Paper on care and support for older people.

The Government is committed to ensuring that the consultation which follows the publication of the Green Paper in summer 2018 seeks the broadest possible range of views in order to build consensus around the reforms which are needed. Detailed plans for the consultation will be confirmed nearer the time.

Ahead of the Green Paper’s publication, the Government is working with experts, stakeholders and people using care and support services to shape the long-term reform which is needed.