Topical Questions

Part of Health and Social Care – in the House of Commons at on 19 April 2022.

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Photo of Gillian Keegan Gillian Keegan Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Actually, according to Skills for Care data from 2020-21, the majority of care workers were paid above the national living wage in that year. Most care workers are employed by private sector providers who set their terms and conditions. However, we have committed £1.36 billion to the market sustainability and fair cost fund, which will support local authorities to move towards paying providers a fair cost of care. We hope that will lead to better sustainability and better staff.