Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the remit will be of the Older People’s Taskforce.

The inaugural meeting of the Older People’s Housing Taskforce took place on Tuesday 16^t May 2023 at Grace House in St. John’s Wood in London. The press release is available at the following link:

www.gov.uk/government/news/taskforce-to-transform-older-peoples-housing-underway

The taskforce is bringing together experts from across the sector and people with lived experience to make recommendations on how we can provide greater choice, quality, and security of housing for older people.

The panel will meet regularly and focus on overarching themes, including, the needs, preferences and concerns of older people, their families, and their carers, maximising the potential of technology, building design, and regulation to ensure homes are suitable for the future and understanding what needs to happen at the local level to enable progress in increasing the volume and diversity of housing options for older people. The taskforce will run for up to 12 months, producing an independent report to Government when it concludes.