Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

Reforming adult social care in England

Status: Closed Opened: 13 Dec 2023 Closed: 28 May 2024 12 recommendations 15 conclusions 1 report

The Government promised to “fix the crisis in social care” in 2019. In June 2021, the Committee’s ‘Adult social care markets’ report found that the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) had poor oversight of the system, and seemed complacent about the risk of market failure. The report called for a long-term funding plan …

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Reports

1 report
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Twenty-Second Report - Reforming adult social care in Engla… HC 427 20 Mar 2024 27 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
3 Recommendation Twenty-Second Report - Reforming adult … Acknowledged

Set out spending review preparations and long-term funding certainty for local authorities.

Local authorities are having to plan and commission adult social care services against a backdrop of fragmented and uncertain funding. We have long voiced our frustration at the short-term and multiple funding pots provided to local government and recommended that government explore ways to provide more confidence over long-term funding. …

Government response. The government agrees, stating it is learning from the first phase of reform and monitoring current funding impacts to inform preparations for the next spending review. It will work with HM Treasury and DLUHC to deliver a sustainable funding package, …
HM Treasury

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
24 Jan 2024 Catherine Frances · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Michelle Dyson · Department for Education, Sir Chris Wormald · Department of Health and Social Care View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
19 Feb 2024 Correspondence from Shona Dunn, Second Permanent Secretary, Department of Healt…
6 Feb 2024 Public Accounts Committee hearing: Reforming Adult Social Care in England, 24 J…