Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 76869
Social Services: Vulnerable Adults
Tabled: 12 September 2025
Answered: 6 October 2025
Question
Lisa Smart
Liberal Democrat — Hazel Grove
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking with local authorities to ensure that social services act quickly following reports of potential grooming of vulnerable adults.
Answer
Stephen KinnockAny form of abuse or neglect is unacceptable. The Government makes it clear, in the statutory guidance of the Care Act, that local authorities must ensure that the services they commission are safe, effective, and of high quality.Where a local authority h...
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