Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 59875

Social Services: Older People

Tabled: 13 June 2025
Answered: 19 June 2025

Question

Susan Murray

Liberal DemocratMid Dunbartonshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the article by the University of Manchester entitled Tackling unmet needs for social care among older people, publish

Answer

Stephen Kinnock
The Government recognises the long-term trend of a reduction in the number of local authority funded long-term packages of adult social care, despite an ageing population. This can result in people’s care needs going unmet, placing pressure on unpaid care...

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