PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Social Services: Waiting Lists (16 December 2022)

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an estimate of the number of people who have moderate social care needs but have not yet been (a) assessed and (b) provided with support.

Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)

Local authorities are responsible for assessing individuals’ eligibility for care and support, including financial as set out in the care act. We are taking action to address national data gaps with 54 local authorities contributing to our new Collection of Client-Level Adult Social Care Data (No 2) Direction which collects data on the people who draw on care and support as well as unpaid carers. This will be mandatory for all local authorities from April this year.

Answered by:
Helen Whately (Conservative)
10 January 2023