Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Fifth Special Report of the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee of Session 2024-26 on The Funding and Sustainability of Local Government Finance: Government Response, HC1355, published on 21 October 2025, what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations on adult social care.

The final 2026-27 Local Government Finance Settlement, published on 9 February 2026, makes over £4.6 billion additional funding for available adult social care in 2028-29, compared to 2025-26, including £500 million for the first-ever Fair Payment Agreement.

The Independent Commission into adult social care remains on course to issue its first report in 2026. The Department of Health and Social Care responded to Baroness Casey of Blackstock DBE CBE on 5 March 2026 setting out the immediate action on adult safeguarding, dementia and motor neurone disease that would be taken forward.

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Department of Health and Social Care are working closely to manage the impact of Integrated Care Board reforms, including through engagement with local authority and Integrated Care Board chief executives.