Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have received a carers' assessment since the introduction of the Carers Act 2014.

There is no central collection of data on the average and longest wait for a carer’s assessment after an initial request was made since the introduction of the Carers Act 2014. Nor is data collected centrally on the number of people currently on the waiting list for a carer’s assessment.

Data on the number of carers assessed during the financial year 2014-15 by local authority is attached. It should be noted that these figures include both joint and separate assessments from the cared for person. The source for this data is Short and Long Term Support (SALT), England 2014-15. This return is collected and published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre.

Link to SALT:

http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB18663