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Twenty-Second Report - Reforming adult social care in England
Public Accounts Committee
HC 427
Published 20 March 2024
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Twenty-second report from Session 2023-24 · published 28 May 2024
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Recommendation
Rejected
Set out and publish a roadmap with KPIs for delivering the adult social care vision.
Recommendation
The Department faces significant challenges in delivering its ‘vision’ for adult social care reform, and Parliament and the sector must be able to hold it to account for its progress. It is worrying that the Department has no roadmap for …
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Government Response Summary
The government disagrees with the recommendation to publish a roadmap with KPIs and six-monthly updates, stating it cannot commit to this approach. It will set out details of the next phase of reform following the next spending review and will consider the value of publishing regular progress reports.
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Conclusion
Rejected
Social care charging reform remains unfunded, despite revised October 2025 implementation date
Conclusion
We challenged the Department on how it was applying lessons from its earlier attempt at charging reform to meet the revised implementation date of October 2025. The Department told us that charging reform was “not a delivery challenge; it was …
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Government Response Summary
The government disagrees with the committee's implicit recommendation regarding applying lessons and funding charging reform. It cannot commit to an approach now, deferring details of the next reform phase until after the next spending review, and will only consider publishing regular progress reports.
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Conclusion
Rejected
Local authority capacity and sequencing of reforms are not adequately addressed by DLUHC.
Conclusion
We asked the Department and DLUHC what they were doing to ensure that local authorities could deliver charging reform alongside system reform, with all the other pressures on them. The Department told us one of the reasons for delaying charging …
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Government Response Summary
The government disagrees with the committee’s implied recommendation regarding sequencing reforms for local authorities. It states it cannot commit to the approach now, deferring details of the next reform phase until after the next spending review, and will only consider publishing regular progress reports.
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