Barbara Keeley – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Barbara Keeley on 2016-01-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the National Living Wage on the level of provision of adult social care in (a) 2016-17, (b) 2017-18 and (c) 2018-19.

Alistair Burt

The new National Living Wage will ensure that lower paid care workers are better paid for the vital work they do.

The National Living Wage does not directly impact on the level of provision of adult social care.