Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the changes in their guidance on the number of visitors permissible to care homes on 17 May, what steps they are taking to provide care homes with additional resources to support any increase in the number of visitors to such homes.

Throughout the pandemic, we have provided almost £2 billion in specific funding for adult social care. This consists of the Infection Control Fund, the Rapid Testing Fund and the Workforce Capacity Fund.

The Government will continue to monitor COVID-19 pressures on the sector and will keep future funding under review.