Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 19586

Local Government: Social Services

Tabled: 11 December 2024

Answered: 20 December 2024

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal Democrat — Mid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps to ensure that local authorities remain democratically accountable for the provision of social care, in the context of her Department's plans for devo

Answer

Jim McMahon

The Government has no intention of changing local authorities’ democratic accountability for provision of social care. As set out in the English Devolution White Paper, we will reset the relationship with local government, to give the sector more autonomy...

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