Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 33252

Social Services: Audit

Tabled: 24 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025

Question

Julia Buckley

LabourShrewsbury

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure local authorities complete timely financial audits of social care providers.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
Adult social care services are provided through a largely outsourced market of commercial organisations and charities. Local authorities are best placed to understand and plan for the care needs of their populations, and to develop and build local market ...

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