Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities provide home adaptations to people living with motor neurone disease in a timely manner.
Since 2010, we have invested more than £4 billion in the Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG), which has delivered an estimated 490,000 home adaptations, including for people living with motor neurone disease.
The Adult Social Care White Paper announced £573 million for the DFG in each year from 2022/23 to 2024/25 and committed to consult on reforms to the Grant in 2022. DFG reforms. In addition, we have recently published guidance to advise local authorities in England how they can effectively and efficiently deliver DFG-funded adaptations to serve the needs of local older and disabled people, including those living with motor neurone disease.