Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Matthew Pennycook and David Mowat

Tuesday 21st March 2017 Commons Chamber

[Matthew Pennycook (Greenwich and Woolwich) (Lab)]

Last week, to the distress of its vulnerable residents, Aldingham House care home in Blackheath became the latest care home in south-east London to close. Do the Government accept that the care home industry is at breaking point, and, if so, what are they doing about it?

[David Mowat]

The number of care home beds in the country has remained broadly constant at just over half a million over the last 10 years. There is variation and churn between areas, but I believe that the 17% cash-terms increase that we have injected into the social care market in the Budget, and the better care fund that is to come, will make a difference.