Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 19275
Domestic Abuse: Older People
Tabled: 11 December 2024
Answered: 17 December 2024
Question
Helen Grant
Conservative — Maidstone and Malling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of legal protections against the (a) abuse and (b) neglect of older people.
Answer
Stephen KinnockAny form of elder abuse or neglect is unacceptable.Local authorities have a statutory duty to investigate safeguarding concerns under the Care Act 2014. The statutory guidance of the Care Act 2014 makes it clear that local authorities must ensure that the...
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