Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Care Act easements during the covid-19 outbreak on disabled people in receipt of social care.

The Department is working with the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) and Think Local, Act Personal (TLAP) to understand the impact on individuals, including disabled people, of the changes to Care Act 2014 duties. TLAP and ADASS have engaged local authorities operating under easements to understand what this means for adults with care and support needs. A TLAP Insight Group has been meeting regularly to coordinate intelligence of TLAP partners on the impact and views of people accessing care and support and unpaid carers. These findings will be published at the following link:

https://www.thinklocalactpersonal.org.uk/covid-19/tlap-insight-group/