Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what implications there are for his policy of the report Care workers, challenges of the tax and benefits system, published on 2 May 2018 by the Low Incomes Tax Reform Group; and whether his Department has made an assessment of potential risks of care workers being paid less than the minimum wage.

The government keeps all tax and welfare policies under review. We continue to monitor closely the social care workforce and the experience of care workers, and have committed to publishing a joint health and workforce strategy that will define ways to further support our much-valued care workforce. We remain fully committed to strong enforcement of National Minimum and Living Wage (NMW) rates for all workers, including those in the social care sector, in accordance with the law.