Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of introducing tax credits for people who have young children and take up a career in adult social care.

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 10 March 2020 to Question 23406. Since then, the Government has published a COVID-19 Action Plan for Adult Social Care, which sets out our aim to increase the social care workforce. This includes a national recruitment campaign ’Every Day is Different’, launched on 23 April, highlighting the vital role of the social care workforce during this pandemic and the longer-term opportunities for working in care. We have also launched a new online platform, ‘Join Social Care’, to fast-track recruitment into the adult social care sector. This allows candidates to access free training via Skills for Care and the opportunity to be considered for multiple job opportunities.

Every Day is Different can be found at the following link:

https://www.everydayisdifferent.com

Join Social Care can be found at the following link:

https://www.joinsocialcare.co.uk