Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 84043

Social Services

Tabled: 21 October 2025

Answered: 10 November 2025

Question

James MacCleary

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential duplication of (a) regulatory and (b) inspection activity in adult social care between the (i) Care Quality Commission and (ii) local

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

There is no direct duplication between how the Care Quality Commission (CQC) assesses individual registered providers and how local authorities oversee providers within their areas. Both bodies are involved in evaluating quality and safety, but they do so...

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