Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish a list of all social care providers operating on publicly funded contracts.
This information is not held centrally. Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities are responsible for commissioning publicly funded adult social care services. They have a legal duty to fund care for people with eligible needs and who meet the financial thresholds for public funding, and to commission care services for anyone who meets these requirements. The local government transparency code requires local authorities to publish details of any commissioned activity with a value that exceeds £5,000.