Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to provide a long-term solution to social care.

On 7 September, we committed to investing an additional £5.4 billion over three years to begin a comprehensive programme of reform for adult social care. The introduction of an £86,000 cap on lifetime personal care costs will end people’s worry that they may face unpredictable or unlimited care costs. We also announced an investment of at least £500 million to support the development and wellbeing of the care workforce. This will enable a five-fold increase in public spending on the skills and training of care workers and registered managers.

We will work with care users, providers, and other partners to develop these plans and publish further detail in a white paper for reform later this year.