Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what (a) bodies and (b) processes there are to review the joint performance of the Care Quality Commission and Clinical Commissioning Groups on care home inspections.

There are no existing bodies or processes which review the joint performance of the Care Quality Commission and clinical commissioning groups on care home inspections. The Department is working with the Care Quality Commission, NHS England and partners across the adult social care sector to implement Quality Matters – a shared commitment to take action to achieve high quality, person-centred adult social care.