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registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the number of (a) EU and (b) EEA nationals working in the social care sector, what plans he has to incentivise the domestic labour market to enter the social care profession.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	249248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government hugely values the contribution of the 104,000 European Union staff who work in the social care sector. The Prime Minister has made it clear that we not only want them to stay, but feel welcomed and encouraged to do so. The EU Settlement Scheme has now fully opened, is free and will allow EU nationals employed in the social care sector to secure their long-term status in the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working alongside stakeholders in the adult social care sector to ensure there is the right number of people, with the right skills, knowledge and values to meet increasing demand, and deliver high quality, person-centred care and support. We know we need to redouble our efforts to promote jobs and careers in social care to the domestic workforce which is why my Rt hon. Friend, the Secretary of State, has made improving the working lives of the millions of people who work in health and social care one of his top priorities, and why on 12 February we launched a national recruitment campaign for social care.</p><p> </p><p>The campaign, ‘Every Day is Different’ showcases how rewarding and varied social care careers can be, with opportunities for progression and professional development. The campaign ran from February to early April and its objective was to raise the image and profile of the sector and encourage people with the right values to apply for current vacancies.</p><p> </p><p>The upcoming Social Care Green Paper will set out the Department’s proposals for reform of the sector to put it on a more sustainable future footing. This will include a vision for workforce and proposals to boost recruitment and retention in the longer term.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 09/05/2019 14:09:38 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

987732

registered interest
date	15/10/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Social Services: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the number of people who continue to work in the social work profession after five years having (a) completed a (i) Bachelor's and (ii) Master's degree at a British university and (b) participated in the Step Up to Social Work programme.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	179094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Education does not have the data requested. However, we are seeking to improve the data available on retention in the profession through the launch of a new large-scale longitudinal study of child and family social workers in England which will launch this autumn and follow the careers of participants over five years.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘Evaluation of Step Up to Social Work, cohorts 1 and 2: 3-years and 5-years on’, published in May this year, reports that 73% of the first cohort who qualified in March 2012 were still in child and family social work after five years. The evaluation report can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/step-up-to-social-work-evaluation-after-3-and-5-years" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/step-up-to-social-work-evaluation-after-3-and-5-years</a>. We also have a research project currently underway tracking the retention and progression of cohorts four and five until 2020.</p><p> </p><p>A further round of applications to ‘Step Up to Social Work’ will open in February with participants starting training in January 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 18/10/2018 14:03:23 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

904771

registered interest
date	15/05/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Social Services: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2017 to Question 902945, how much of the share of the £2 billion allocated to the social care sector in 2017-18 has been spent on attracting and retaining talented staff; and how many local authorities receiving that funding saw staff numbers (i) increase and (ii) decrease in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	144232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/05/2018 answer text <p>As part of the grant conditions for the £2 billion provided for social care at the Spring Budget 2017, local authorities were required to report on how the money would be spent. We anticipate publishing information on 2017-18 later this year; information for subsequent years is not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage grouped question UIN 144231 144233 question first answered 22/05/2018 15:23:52 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

674268

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU on the level of workforce availability in the social care industry.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	60253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department is working on ensuring the best outcome for the health and social care system. All policy teams within the Department are involved with this work and assessing the implications of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union on their area.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 25/01/2017 17:35:48 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

436283

registered interest
date	08/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what meetings he has had with homecare providers to discuss how to improve recruitment and retention rates in the care sector.
tabling member constituency	Bristol North West
tabling member printed	Charlotte Leslie
uin	19064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>I have responsibility for adult social care. I regularly meet with homecare providers to discuss a range of topics including improving recruitment and retention rates in the care sector.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 15/12/2015 13:45:13 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	3933 label Biography information for Charlotte Leslie