Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 64333

Occupational Therapy: Disabled Facilities Grants

Tabled: 1 July 2025
Answered: 7 July 2025
Named Day

Question

Freddie van Mierlo

Liberal DemocratHenley and Thame

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to improve access to NHS occupational therapists involved in Disabled Facilities Grants for (a) children and (b) other people.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Occupational therapists play an important role in delivering the Disabled Facilities Grant at a local level by assessing older and disabled people’s needs, recommending home adaptations, and ensuring the suitability of proposed solutions.Decisions about r...

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