Dr James Davies – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Dr James Davies on 2015-10-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect on the future of the private sector home care industry of the implementation of the national living wage.

Alistair Burt

The Department has engaged with the social care sector, including care providers, to understand how the introduction of the National Living Wage will affect them. The overall costs of providing social care will be considered as part of the Spending Review later this year.