Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 54531

Care Homes: Employers' Contributions and Minimum Wage

Tabled: 22 May 2025

Answered: 6 June 2025

Question

Katie Lam

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of increasing (a) employer National Insurance Contributions and (b) the National Minimum Wage on care homes in (i) Kent and (ii) Weald of

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

The Government has considered the cost pressures facing adult social care as part of the wider consideration of local government spending within the Spending Review process in 2024.To enable local authorities to deliver key services such as adult social c...

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