Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 61084

Social Services: Finance

Tabled: 18 June 2025
Answered: 25 June 2025

Question

Anna Dixon

LabourShipley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the assessment framework used for commissioning the adult social care resource formula focuses on outcomes.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
It is important that the Adult Social Care Relative Needs Formula accurately reflects the relative need for services to ensure funding is allocated to the places that need it most and to enable all local authorities to focus on improving adult social care...

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