Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department collects on the provision of social care workers compared to the population of local authorities.

Skills for Care publishes estimates of filled posts in adult social care and the Office for National Statistics publishes estimates of population size at local authority level. However, the Department does not make an assessment on the sufficiency of current workforce capacity in each local authority. Local authorities should work with care providers to meet care needs in their area.