Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps he has taken to help improve access to support for unpaid carers in (a) Enfield North, (b) Greater London, and (c) England.

We are committed to support carers to provide care as they would wish and in a way that supports their health and wellbeing, access to education, employment and life choices.

The Department has not made a formal assessment on steps taken to help improve access to support for unpaid carers at a local level. All local authorities have a duty under the Care Act 2014 to provide carers an assessment of and support for, their needs where eligible.

The white paper ’People at the Heart of Care’, published on 1 December, sets out a new strategic approach to supporting carers. We will be investing up to £25 million to work with the sector to change the services provided to support unpaid carers.