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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2024-02-20more like thismore than 2024-02-20
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Social Services: Pay more like this
house id 1 remove filter
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will make an estimate of the cost to (a) the public purse and (b) social care providers of increasing pay for staff in the social care sector by 65p per hour. more like this
tabling member constituency Boston and Skegness more like this
tabling member printed
Matt Warman more like this
uin 14881 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2024-03-25more like thismore than 2024-03-25
answer text <p>The Department has previously estimated that the cost to the public purse of raising minimum pay in adult social care to the National Living Wage plus 65p is approximately £600 million per year. This includes direct care staff only and excludes ancillary staff.</p><p>This estimate does not include the additional costs of higher pay which would be borne by the group of at least 221,000 ‘self-funders’ in care homes and using community care who pay for their own care.</p> more like this
answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent more like this
answering member printed Helen Whately more like this
question first answered
less than 2024-03-25T17:44:51.2Zmore like thismore than 2024-03-25T17:44:51.2Z
answering member
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label Biography information for Helen Whately more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Matt Warman more like this