To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations his Department received on the grant to council staff of powers to enter private homes during its review of care law; and what work the Law Commission is undertaking on the issue. (222788)

No representations have been received by the Department. No decisions have been made on the extent of the Law Commission’s review of social care law. Terms of reference for any possible future work by the Law Commission have yet to be drafted and agreed between the Department and the Law Commission.