Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 93527
Social Services: Staff
Tabled: 21 November 2025
Answered: 2 December 2025
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to support social-care providers to increase workforce numbers.
Answer
Stephen KinnockEnglish local authorities have responsibility under the Care Act 2014 to meet social care needs and statutory guidance directs them to ensure there is sufficient workforce in adult social care (ASC).The Government recognises the scale of the reforms neede...
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