Consultation on young carers' draft regulations: Government response

The government response to the consultation on draft regulations to support young carers and their families. It includes a summary of the responses received and the list of organisations that responded to the consultation. The public consultation included two online forums held with young carers and with young adult carers respectively. The draft regulations set out: the matters to which a local authority must have regard in carrying out a young carer’s needs assessment; the manner and form of a young carer’s needs assessment; the matters which a local authority must take into account when carrying out a young carer’s needs assessment; and, a definition of the term ‘whole family approach’.