Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the RedQuadrant report entitled Building the Right Support: An analysis of funding flows published on 14 June 2022, what progress his Department has made in response to the primary recommendation of that report on the need for comprehensive financial monitoring on the specific group of people who are within the scope of BTRS covering NHS and local government expenditure.

We recognise the need to improve how data is collected and better understand the specific costs related to Building the Right Support. That is why the Building the Right Support Delivery Board set up a Funding Flows task and finish group to look at how to improve national oversight of the National Health Service and local authority spend.

The Funding Flows task and finish group has met on four occasions since it was established in September 2022 and is attended by representatives from the Department, NHS England, Local Government Association, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services, the Building the Right Support Advisory Group and the voluntary sector. The Funding Flows task and finish group will report progress to the Building the Right Support Delivery Board meeting in March 2023.