| Heading: |
Home Care Services |
| Question ID: |
1809832 |
| UIN: |
57746 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-05 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4869 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Nadia Whittome
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Nadia Whittome
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing free homecare. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
2025-06-12 |
| Date answered: |
2025-06-16 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4359 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Stephen Kinnock
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| Answering Member handle: |
skinnock
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@skinnock
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| Answer text: |
Local authorities (LAs) have the power to charge for care, and it is for them to decide whether to do so. Two LAs in England currently offer free home care to their residents.Where LAs do choose to charge for care, they must do so in accordance with the C... |
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| Answering body ID: |
17 |
| Answering body name: |
Department of Health and Social Care |
| Tweeted: |
true |