Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will ensure that funding will be central to the consultation on social care announced in the Queen's Speech 2017.

The Government will work with partners at all levels, including those who use services and who work to provide care, to bring forward proposals for public consultation. The Government will consult on options to encourage a wider debate.

The consultation will set out options to improve the social care system and to put it on a more secure financial footing, supporting people, families and communities to prepare for old age, and address issues related to the quality of care and variation in practice.

We will provide further details on the next steps on social care in due course.