Adult Social Care

Part of Opposition Day — [4th Allotted Day] – in the House of Commons at 8:06 pm on 16 July 2012.

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Photo of Paul Burstow Paul Burstow The Minister of State, Department of Health 8:06, 16 July 2012

I will come on to give a specific figure in a moment, so the right hon. Gentleman will have to be patient.

I wanted to pick up again on the point about the White Paper ruling out crude contracting by the minute—a culture of clock-watching which has been allowed to grow up for years in too many places and which is not good for dignity, respect or quality. Under the Labour Government there were years and years of delay and dither when it came to addressing the quality of care workers and health care assistants. This Government are putting in place a code of conduct and national minimum training standards, and will double the number of people able to access apprenticeships in the care sector to 100,000.