Greg Mulholland – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Greg Mulholland on 2015-12-17.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations he has received on the potential effect on the costs of elderly care of the introduction of the national living wage.

Alistair Burt

A number of representations were received from the adult social care sector and local government as part of the Spending Review process. These covered a range of issues, including the potential costs of the implementation of the national living wage. All representations were fully considered as part of the process and were fed into the eventual outcome as announced on 25 November 2015.

Additionally, I regularly meet with representatives of local government and the care home industry to discuss topics including adult social care funding, and will continue to do so.