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Budget statement 15 March 2023. Ways and means resolution. Agreed to on question.
Budget statement 15 March 2023. Ways and means resolution. Agreed to on question.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that carers have access to breaks from their caring responsibilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that carers have access to breaks from their caring responsibilities.
The Care Act 2014 secured important rights for carers, including an assessment of, and support for, their specific needs where eligible. Local authorities have been able to access the £1.49 billion Infection Control Fund which has been used to help day services reopen safely or be reconfigured to work in a COVID-19 secure way. We have also committed at least £6.9 billion in 2021-2022 to the Better Care Fund, which includes funding that can be used for respite services. In addition, we have worked with the Social Care Institute for Excellence to publish guidance for day care managers, commissioners, and providers, to help them make decisions on the safe operation of day services.
We will continue to work with local authorities, in collaboration with Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, to ensure, where possible, the safe resumption of these services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to increase support for unpaid carers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to increase support for unpaid carers.
The Carers Action Plan, announced in 2018, set out a cross-Government programme of work to support carers. We continue to implement and build on the commitments made at that time, including committing in our manifesto to extend the entitlement to leave for unpaid carers to one week.
We have also sought to support carers throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. We have provided funding to a range of charities including funding to extend the Carers UK’s helpline opening hours so unpaid carers are able to access trusted information and advice. This funding has been extended to March 2021. A further £500,000 was provided to the Carers Trust to provide support to unpaid carers experiencing loneliness during the pandemic
In addition, to help carers and those they care for, we have worked with the Social Care Institute for Excellence, to publish guidance to help providers make decisions on restarting day services. We have also enabled local authorities to use some of the money provided to them through the Infection Control Fund to help services reopen safely or be reconfigured to work in a COVID-19 secure way.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to increase support for unpaid carers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to increase support for unpaid carers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of unpaid carers providing support to a family member.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the number of unpaid carers providing support to a family member.
This information is not held centrally. However, the 2011 Census indicates that about 10% of the population in England were providing informal care, equivalent to approximately 5.4 million people in 20111.
The Department for Work and Pensions’ Family Resources Survey suggests that just below 40% of carers provide care to a parent, and around 20% care for a spouse, partner or cohabitee within the same household2.
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1 Official Labour Market Statistics, 2016/2017
2 DWP, 2019. Family Resources Survey 2017/18
Second reading. Amendment negatived on division (231 to 289). Agreed to on question. Programme motion on proceedings in Public Bill Committee, on Report and Third reading and other proceedings. Agreed to on question. Money resolution. Agreed to on question, with Queen's recommendation signified. Ways and means resolution. Agreed to on question.
Second reading. Amendment negatived on division (231 to 289). Agreed to on question. Programme motion on proceedings in Public Bill Committee, on Report and Third reading and other proceedings. Agreed to on question. Money resolution. Agreed to on question, with Queen's recommendation signified. Ways and means resolution. Agreed to on...
(2) which organisations she expects to receive funds from the £1 million allocated as part of the consultation on carers.
(2) which organisations she expects to receive funds from the £1 million allocated as part of the consultation on carers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how the £1 million allocated as part of the consultation on the New Deal for Carers will be spent;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how the £1 million allocated as part of the consultation on the New Deal for Carers will be spent;
Carers. Fourteenth opposition day debate (part 2). Motion negatived on division (198 to 291). Amendment agreed on question.
Carers. Fourteenth opposition day debate (part 2). Motion negatived on division (198 to 291). Amendment agreed on question.
That this House expresses its appreciation for the six million people in the UK who provide unpaid help and support to a relative, friend or partner who could not otherwise manage because they are ill, frail or have a disability; is concerned that every day another six thousand people take on a caring responsibility; notes that Carers Week, being held this year from 12th to 18th June, has the theme of carers and health with the objective of assisting carers and enabling them to access support and services; is further concerned that 79 per cent. of carers say that their health has been affected by caring; welcomes the unique partnership of eight leading UK charities, Carers UK, Counsel and Care, Crossroads Caring for Carers, Help the Aged, Macmillan Cancer Relief, MS Society, Rethink and the Princess Royal Trust for Carers in organising this year's Carers Week; and calls for the provision of high quality support and services for carers, including the hidden carers in every community who often do not receive any help from central government, local authorities or health bodies.
That this House expresses its appreciation for the six million people in the UK who provide unpaid help and support to a relative, friend or partner who could not otherwise manage because they are ill, frail or have a disability; is concerned that every day another six thousand people take...