Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage, through organised career structures, more people to enter roles in the care sector.

We are developing a Care Workforce Pathway, which will set out the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to work in adult social care, as well as a clear career structure for the workforce. We intend to publish the first part of the pathway, focused on staff in direct care roles, in autumn 2023.