Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has received recent evidence from local authorities on their readiness to implement his Department's policy to introduce a cap on the lifetime costs of social care.

The Department has worked with local government to prepare for the implementation charging reforms by October 2023. This included gathering information on preparedness through webinars, workshops, a survey and other engagement activities. Having listened to the concerns of local government, the Government has delayed the planned adult social care charging reforms until October 2025.