PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Social Services: Waiting Lists (3 March 2022)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent estimate he has made of the number of people waiting for social care.

Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)

Answer

No such estimate has been made as this information is not held centrally. Local authorities have a duty to meet the eligible care needs of their local populations.


Answered by:
Gillian Keegan (Conservative)
8 March 2022

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