Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2018 to Question 128962 on social services: minimum wage, if his Department will publish the evidence base referred to in that Answer.

The Deloitte and Frontier Economics and LaingBuisson studies into sleep-in back pay liabilities form part of the evidence base that is being used to assess options and are subject to further analysis and refinement. Consequently, there is currently no timetable for sharing a summary of either report.