Social Services: Living Wage
(asked on 19th January 2016) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the National Living Wage on the level of provision of adult social care in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18 and (c) 2018-19.
This question was answered on 22nd January 2016
The new National Living Wage will ensure that lower paid care workers are better paid for the vital work they do.
The National Living Wage does not directly impact on the level of provision of adult social care.