Social care funding in England inquiry

Inquiry by the Economic Affairs Committee, 3 September 2018 to 3 September 2018. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

• Letter from the Chairman to the Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care - 7 May 2019 (Letter regarding the Social care funding in England inquiry) (10 May 2019)
• 7th Report - Social care funding: time to end a national scandal (4 July 2019)
• Government response to the report on Social care funding: time to end a national scandal (February 2022) (22 February 2022)

Evidence sessions

• 16 October 2018: Simon Bottery, Senior Fellow, The King’s Fund,Natasha Curry, Senior Fellow, Nuffield Trust and Sir Andrew Dilnot CBE, Chair, Commission on Funding of Care and Support (2010–11).
• 23 October 2018: Warwick Lightfoot, Head of Economics and Social Policy, Policy Exchange, Kathryn Petrie, Senior Economist, Social Market Foundation, and Harry Quilter-Pinner, Research Fellow, Institute for Public Policy Research.
• 27 November 2018: Steven Cameron, Pensions Director, Aegon UK; Daniela Silcock, Head of Policy Research, Pensions Policy Institute; Sir Steven Webb PC, Director of Policy, Royal London Group.
• 27 November 2018: John Godfrey, Corporate Affairs Director, Legal & General Group; Rob Yuille, Head of Retirement Policy, Association of British Insurers.
• 4 December 2018: Dominic Carter, Policy Manager, Alzheimer's Society; Kari Gerstheimer, Director of Information and Advice, Royal Mencap Society; Tracey Loftis, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Versus Arthritis.
• 11 December 2018: Iain MacBeath, Resources Co-Lead, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) and Director of Adult Care Services, Hertfordshire County Council; David Phillips, Associate Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS); Sarah Pickup OBE, Deputy Chief Executive, Local Government Association (LGA).
• 11 December 2018: Caroline Abrahams, Charity Director, Age UK; Jules Constantinou, President, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries.
• 8 January 2019: Sharon Allen OBE, Skills for Care; Guy Collis, UNISON; Professor Jill Manthorpe, NIHR Social Care Workforce Research Unit.
• 29 January 2019: Colin Angel, Policy and Campaigns Director, United Kingdom Homecare Association; Douglas Cooper, Project Director, Competition and Markets Authority; Professor Martin Green OBE, Chief Executive, Care England.
• 30 April 2019: Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Care; Mr Jonathan Marron, Director-General of Community and Social Care, Department of Health and Social Care
• 21 May 2019: Damian Green MP