Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the planned reforms to adult social care charging set out on 8 March 2022, what recent discussions she has had with providers in that sector about the adequacy of their IT systems to deliver those reforms.

The Department and NHS England have worked with the IT suppliers providing adult social care case management systems to local authorities in England to design the core functionality required for the implementation of charging reform. The Department regularly engages with suppliers and local authorities to discuss delivery and implementation, including the role of technology in supporting the delivery of assessments.