Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the findings of the report of the Care Quality Commission, The state of health care and adult social care in England 2021-22, on the challenges facing the social care if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of funding for that sector.
We recognise the current challenges in social care. This is why we are making available up to £7.5 billion over two years to support adult social care and discharge, a more than real terms increase. We expect Local Authorities to use this funding to go beyond meeting inflationary and demographic pressures facing adult social care and deliver tangible improvements to services. These improvements should address waiting lists, low fee rates, and workforce pressures.