Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 8 April 2019.
Mike Amesbury
Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) (Employment)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, If he will take steps to ensure that care staff are not paid below the National Minimum Wage for sleep-in pay.
Caroline Dinenage
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
Commissioners of adult social care were given market shaping duties by the Care Act 2014 and must work with providers to determine a fair rate of pay for fair work based on local market conditions. The current legal position is reflected in updated guidance published by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, which seeks to provide clarity to care providers, commissioners and workers.
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