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<p>The Department continuously reviews the pressures facing the social care sector
and works to ensure stability; not just for vulnerable service users, but also for
the many thousands of low paid workers within the sector.</p><p> </p><p>Before the
Court of Appeals judgment in Royal Mencap v Blake-Tomlinson the Government worked
closely with stakeholders from the social care sector to ensure we had a clear understanding
of the impact the sector could face due to historic liabilities for National Minimum
Wage back pay. During this time the Government explored options to minimise any impact
on the social care sector.</p><p> </p><p>At the Spring Budget 2017 the Government
provided an additional £2 billion to councils for social care. The pressure arising
from enforcement of National Minimum Wage for sleep-in shifts was one of the costs
the Government took account of in deciding to provide this sum of additional funding.</p>
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